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The ancient city of Gordion and five wood-supported mosques built in Anatolia between the 13th and 14th centuries have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. With the decision taken at the 45th meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between September 10-25, the Ancient City of Gordion, one of the rare settlements where humans have lived for the longest time, became the 20th property from Turkey to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Preparations have been made for a long time for the Ancient City of Gordion, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, to be included in the permanent list. The first excavations in Gordion were carried out in the 1900s by Alfred and Gustav Körte under the direction of the German Archaeological Institute. In 1950, under the sponsorship of the University of Pennsylvania, excavations resumed under the direction of Rodney Young and continued until 1973.The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has also added timber-supported Anatolian mosques to the list of World Cultural Heritage, marking the first time cultural heritage from Turkey has been added to the list in a series of assets. The committee’s statement about the mosques mentions the unusual structural systems that combine the masonry outer shells of the buildings with multiple rows of wooden columns carrying their wooden floors, as well as their skillfully designed wood carvings and decorative elements.
Beyşehir Eşrefoğlu Mosque (Konya), Sivrihisar Great Mosque (Eskişehir), Mahmut Bey Mosque (Kastamonu), Ahi Şerafeddin Mosque (Ankara) and Afyonkarahisar Great Mosque were built between the 13th and 14th centuries and are among the most successful examples of Early Ottoman Architecture. Carrying the structural and aesthetic understanding of Medieval Anatolian Architecture to the present day, the mosques are also very valuable in terms of craft knowledge.
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