Great Mosque of Sivas
The Great Mosque of Sivas is a historic mosque located in Sivas, Turkey. It was built in the 12th century and is the oldest surviving building in the city. Its minaret was built in the early 13th century.Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Turkey
- Also known as: “Sivas Mosque” and “Ulu Camii”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sivas Congress and Atatürk Monument and Sivas Archaeology Museum.
Sivas Congress and Atatürk Monument
Memorial
Photo: Maurice Flesier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sivas Congress and Atatürk Monument is a memorial, which is situated 440 metres northwest of Great Mosque of Sivas.
Sivas Archaeology Museum
Museum
Photo: Isimon49, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sivas Archaeology Museum is situated 1 km northwest of Great Mosque of Sivas.
Sivas railway station
Railway station
Photo: Quintucket, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sivas railway station is the main railway station in Sivas, Turkey. Located just southwest of the city center, the station is serviced by three inter-city trains from Ankara, which continue east to Kars, Tatvan and Kurtalan respectively. Sivas railway station is situated 1¼ km southwest of Great Mosque of Sivas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sivas.
Sivas
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sivas is a city in Central Anatolia, with a population in 2020 of 335,570. I's 450 km east of Ankara, and stands at 1,278 m elevation. It's industrial but has several 13th-century Seljuk buildings, and is a transport hub.
Great Mosque of Sivas
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sivas Bucağı, Sivas, Sivas Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
39.74716° or 39° 44′ 50″ northLongitude
37.01762° or 37° 1′ 3″ eastInception
1197Open location code
8GFVP2W9+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 404561290OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q6051015
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Great Mosque of Sivas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد سيواس الكبير”
- Azerbaijani: “Sivas Ulu Məscidi”
- Bengali: “সিভাসের গ্র্যান্ড মসজিদ”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Sivas”
- Persian: “مسجد جامع سیواس”
- Russian: “Сивас Мечеть”
- Turkish: “Sivas Ulu Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Сіваса”
- Uzbek: “Sivas Katta masjidi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ulu Camii Parkı and Sivas İlim Merkezi.
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