Mirali Mausoleum

Mirali mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Mirəli türbəsi) is a mausoleum in the Ashaghi Veysalli village of the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. The mausoleum was constructed in the beginning of the 14th century.[1] The name of the mausoleum is famous in legends. It was located near an old road between Beylagan and Barda, a stone's throw from the center of Fizuli Rayon.[2]

Mirali Mausoleum
Mirəli türbəsi
Mirali Mausoleum.
39°41′50″N 47°11′53″E
LocationAşağı Veysəlli, Fuzuli District, Azerbaijan
TypeMausoleum
Beginning date14th century

Architecture

Mirali mausoleum is a tower-type mausoleum. Narrow cylindrical housing of the mausoleum with diameter of 5 meters and a conic ending of 15 meters heights is built from rows of thoroughly dressed and bedded stone. A well-composed housing with a conic marquee, which is covered with excellently dressed stone plates and decorated with a portal with shaped margin and a woven twist under foundation of the marquee, stands on a short, three-laddered pedestal. The marquee is constructed from thoroughly bedded stone plates.

  • Mirali Mausoleum
  • Entrance of the mausoleum
    Entrance of the mausoleum

References
  1. Борис Владимирович Иогансон. (1962). Искусство стран и народов мира: краткая художественная енциклопедия : архитектура, живопись, скульптура, графика, декоративное искусство. Vol. 1. Советская энциклопедия. p. 52.
  2. Леонид Семенович Бретаницкий. (1966). Зодчество Азербайджана XII–XV вв. и его место в архитектуре Переднего Востока. Наука, Главная редакция восточной литературы. p. 185.
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