🏛️ Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği

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Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital was built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small Anatolian town of Divriği, now in Sivas Province, Turkey. The complex is in the upper town, below the citadel. The exquisite stone carvings and eclectic architecture of the complex place it among the most important works of architecture in Anatolia and led to its inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1985.

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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği is a cultural World Heritage site in Türkiye, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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