Şadirvan
Şadırvan , also Schadirwan ( Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian Шадрван / Šadrvan , Albanian Shatërvani ), is a cleaning well in the courtyard of large mosques , whose pavilion-like shape developed in the Ottoman Empire .
Usually, Şadirvans are built centrally in mosque courtyards or in front of the main entrance and the often attached arcade vestibule ( son cemaat yeri ) on the north side of the mosque. They are used for ritual cleansing ( wuduʾ ) before prayer, as a drinking water fountain and design the courtyard. Şadirvans usually have a hexagonal or octagonal roof and several water taps. The fountains are a fundamental part of sacred Ottoman architecture and are usually lavishly decorated. They can be distinguished from a sabil ( Turkish sebil ), a fountain on the outer wall of the mosque complex, and from çeşme , a fountain pavilion that was set up in public places in large Ottoman cities.
In Greek , sidrivani (σιντριβάνι) generally means a fountain .
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The Şadirvan of Hagia Sophia in the Turkish Rococo style was built in 1740.
The dome of the Şadirvan of Hagia Sophia
Example of a thoughtless Şadirvan: Selimiye Mosque
The Şadirvan of Ulu Cami in Bursa is in the building.
Şadirvan in Istanbul
Şadirvan of the Beyazıt Mosque , the central location is easy to see
Şadirvan of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque
Believers in wudoo '
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