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Photograph taken by Gertrude Bell in Turkey, May 1905

Description

II. Kılıçarslan Köşkü (Sultan II. Kılıçarslan (Alaaddin) Kiosk). Kiosk in foreground is remains of defence tower in wall of Seljuk inner city - converted into imperial residence in 13th C. Alfeddin Cami - largest Selcuk mosque in Konia, taking seventy years to build and undergoing several modifications hence irregular form, in background. Decagonal eastern turbe, western turbe is octagonal with dome.

Reference code
GB/3/1/4/1/98
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Creation Date
Former reference
D_098
Photograph album
Location
Coordinates

37.874134, 32.492713

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