TABEA

Tabea is situated at the 78th km of the Denizli-Muğla Highway. It looks like a natural castle. It's one of the City States of Anatolia which was founded by Alexander the Great. It has had a continuous habitation since its foundation in the Hellenistic Era. The city also minted coins in his name. The coins were silver but later they started to mint bronze coins. There are ruins of a Roman Bath and an Ottoman mosque.

1-The Building with Niche Carved in the Rock

It is stated on the north-east of the Akropol. The building is in the north-south direction and has a rectangular planning. There are four niches on the east side of the wall which is carved in the rock. There are no niches on the west side. The building is covered by arsitrav, sunak and columns inside and outside as well. Although it is built in the Rome Period, is used in the Ottoman and Seljuk Period.

2-The One- Roomed Houses Carved in the Rock

The natural rock becomes one-roomed houses by carving. They might be used as houses. It appears by the plaster that the doors are made of wooden. The niches are in the rooms also. These houses usually are on the precipice of the plateau.

3-Mosques

CEVHER PASA MOSQUE

The Cevher Pasa Mosque, which is in the Tabae Ruins on the route of Denizli-Mugla Road, is rectangular planned and the last congregation is placed on the north side and the minaret is placed on the northwest side of it.

There are four windows on the east and west, two windows on the north side each of the Harim. The vertically formed windows, which are surrounded by hewn stone, are decorated by blank arch. The seat of the minaret, which is next to the last congregation place, is raised up to the same height of the mosque’s roof level. From the comb part of the first minaret balcony of the hewn stoned tower is covered by metal cone and given a prodigy view.

The mosque’s harem is separated by two columns which are consisted of four wooden each into three parts. There are antique composite capitals on the columns which are coloured by pen made technique. The mahfil which is carried by the six wooden column is placed on the north side of the Harim. These columns are decorated with the other columns of the Harim.

The Mihrap which is as a niche has a curtain and the mizan balance is performed on it. A triangle frontal with vegetal motif on the mihrap is performed. The panos which are bespangled by texts and vegetal geometric motifs are made by the circular and square colours on the wall of the Harim. There are six wooden columns in the last congragation place which is closed to outside then. There are passings by stairs to the mahfil both two sides of the last congragation place. A passing from the last congragation place to harem is supported by a door with a circular arch. 1235 of the hegira is read on the door above.

There are text panos on the wall besides. The building has a folding roof and covered by Marsilya tile.  The folding roof is used to protect the building in the following years although the flat tile was the original cover of the building. Huge gaps occured because of uncarelessness of the Mosque which is moved to another place. The Cevher Pasa Mosque which was built in 19. century in Otoman Period by pen made bespangled, will be in a bad condition in the following days unless the roof is repaired.

Tabea Bridge