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22-JUN-2011

Amasya june 2011 7635.jpg

The ‘Şadgeldi Paşa Türbesi’ (dated c. 1382) has the form of an iwan. This kind of tomb is very rare in Turkey. It was built during the Beylik (= Turcoman principality) of Kutluşahlar, or during very early Ottoman rule.

On the picture: Inside the tomb, where five stone cenotaph sarcophagi are still in place.
A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek: κενοτάφιον = kenotaphion (kenos, one meaning being "empty", and taphos, "tomb"). In general, a Turkish türbe has two rooms: an upper room where the cenotaph sarcophagus/sarcophagi were placed to be visited by relatives and followers, and a room beneath where the remains of the deceased were buried.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara 1983
& Website of ‘kurumsal.kulturturizm.gov.tr’

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