Arslanhane Cami

Ankara


This Seljuk-era mosque is one of Ankara's most beautiful. It has an interior of chunky wooden columns topped by Roman capitals, an intricately carved minber (pulpit) and a large, ornately tiled mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca).


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