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  CAPPADOCIA PHOTOS
  CAPPADOCIA MAPS
  DISTRICTS OF CAPPADOCIA
     ° Avanos (Venessa)
     ° Cavusin
     ° Gumusler Monastery
     ° Goreme
     ° Gulsehir
     ° Haci Bektas
     ° Ihlara Valley
     ° Mustafapasa(Sinasos)
     ° Nevsehir
     ° Ortahisar
     ° Pasabagi (Monks' Valley)
     ° Soganli Valley
     ° Uchisar
     ° Urgup
     ° Zelve
  GEOLOGY OF CAPPADOCIA
     ° Volcanic Eruptions and       Geological Formations
  HISTORY OF CAPPADOCIA
     ° Prehistoric Periods
     ° Assyrian Trade       Colonies Period
     ° Late Hittite Kingdom
     ° Persian Period
     ° Roman Period
     ° Byzantine Period
     ° The Seljuk Period
     ° Ottoman Period
     ° First Travelers
  CAPPADOCIA INFO
     ° The Location
     ° Civil Architecture
     ° Dove-Cotes
  SUBTERREANEAN SETTLEMENTS OF CAPPADOCIA
     ° General Info
     ° History
     ° Structural Features
  UNDERGROUND CITIES OF CAPPADOCIA
     ° Derin Kuyu
     ° Kaymakli
     ° Mazi
     ° Ozkonak
     ° Ozluce
     ° Tatlarin
  SELJUK REMAINS IN CAPPADOCIA
 

    Doner Kumbet



 
The Doner Kumbet (conical-roofed tomb) in Kayseri is beliived to date from 1276 or later. The marble incription, consisting of two lines, over the entrance satates that it was erected for Sah Cihan Hatun. The turbe, built only with cut stone, has a square planned base, an exterior with 12 blank arches and a cylindered interior. The Doner Kumbet, which resembles a monumentaltent, has a conical roof decorated with reliefs.

On the facade of the portal is the relief of a two-headed eagle figure between the figures of two winged leopards with human heads. To the left of the portal, above the date palm is a two-headed figure and on either side lion figures and to the right is a date palm in relief.




 

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