Mosque· Kastamonu merkez, Kastamonu

Mahmut Bey Camii

StatusTentative World Heritage Site

Mahmut Bey Camii is a mosque in Kastamonu merkez, Kastamonu; It was commissioned by Candaroğlu Emir Mahmud Bey in 1366.

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Source: Kültür Envanteri · Kültür Portalı · Wikidata This information is compiled from the sources shown.

It was commissioned by Candaroğlu Emir Mahmud Bey in 1366. The architect of the building, which has an entrance portico enclosed on its sides, is unknown. The mosque's single-balcony wooden minaret, built in modern times, stands at the southwest corner of the entrance portico. In the prayer space, entered through a rectangular door on the central axis of the portico's south wall, a row of supports has been placed on either side of the mihrab axis, each consisting of two wooden columns with muqarnas capitals.

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