Website www.miletilyasbey.com Completed 1403 | Dome dia. (inner) 14 m (46 ft) Opened 1403 Material Masonry | |
 | ||
Similar Monastery of Stoudios, Kasım Agha Mosque, İzzet Mehmet Pasha M, Veled‑i Yaniç Mosque, Grand Mosque of Mersin | ||
Didyma temple of apollon ilyas bey mosque magnesia ad maeandrum
İlyas Bey Mosque is a historical Islamic religious building at Milet in Didim district of Aydın Province, western Turkey. It was built in 1403 by Ilyas Bey (1402–1421), ruler of the Turkish Menteshe emirate.
Contents
Architecture
The mosque is part of a complex consisting of a madrasah, a religious educational institute, and a hammam, a bath building. The prayer hall is covered by a dome 14 m (46 ft) in diameter, which is made of brick and covered with tiles, sits on an octagonal base that rests on the four walls. The brick minaret collapsed in the 1955 earthquake. The complex is situated within the Miletus archaeological site. Next to the complex, ruins of a villa with a bath was discovered that dates back to Byzantine times.
Ilyas Bey Complex was awarded in 2012 for its conservation with the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.