Alaca Kümbeti

Editor's Note

The Kümbet of Emir Celaleddin bin Muhammed, commonly known as the Alaca Kümbet, was built between 1184 and 1190 and is one of the striking examples of Seljuk-era monumental tomb architecture. The structure rests on an octagonal drum created by chamfering the upper part of a cubic body, and is covered by a dome on the inside and a pyramidal cap on the outside. The chamfers of the square-plan body are triangular on the south and quadrilateral on the north. The kümbet shows no trace of a lower level and has no crypt floor; the threshold level of the doorway has been taken to be the building's actual ground or base level.

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