This is Mimar Sinan's building in his own province: a mosque of 1585 on Cumhuriyet Square in Kayseri, which takes its name — the leaded mosque — from a dome covered entirely in lead. The marble entrance doorway is what catches the eye.
The provincial directorate describes it as one of the rare examples of Ottoman architecture in a city where Seljuk buildings predominate. It is on Cumhuriyet Square in Kocasinan.
Getting there
- Access
- On Cumhuriyet Meydanı in the Kocasinan district of central Kayseri.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kayseri as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.5 °C in January to 22.4 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (52 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
