Firuz Bey Camii

In the metropolis center, Firoz Masjid is the most essential. The south madrassa is surrounded with the aid of rooms. It is known as the Kurusullu Masjid. It is likewise referred to as Gok Masjid because it's far covered with marble marble of Sodra mountain. This is one of the satisfactory examples of opposite T schematic mosques. The Firuz Bey Mosque became built in 1394 by Mentese governor Firuz Bey, three years after the annexation of the emirate via Ottoman Sultan Bayezid. Inscriptions to the proper and left of the mihrab call architect Hasan bin Abdullah and master painter Musa bin Adil. The mosque is ready in a lawn precinct that slopes all the way down to the south, sure with the aid of madrasa cells to the west.

It has a domed, rectangular prayer hall, preceded with the aid of a 3-room hospice and a 5-bay portico to the north. Its minaret rises over the roof with a unmarried balcony. The portico is surmounted via a barrel vault that rests on six thick piers with pointed arches featuring zigzag molding. Its wider principal bay is crowned by way of an umbrella vault carried on a belt of triangles and is ready two steps decrease than the side bays, which might be stage with the floor. Muqarnas carvings enhance the springing of the portico arches. The portico is enclosed at either end by means of walls pierced with home windows, and the side bays have carved balustrades.