1723
Gürcükapı Hacı Mehmet Fountain
Its pediment carries a ten-line endowment inscription in thuluth script.
- Patron
- Hacı Mehmet Ağa
- Location
- Gürcükapı
- Condition
- Restored
Built in 1723 by Hacı Mehmet Ağa, who endowed many fountains, prayer rooms, ablution places and lavatories in Erzurum, and who set aside numerous shops and inn rooms so that these charitable works could be maintained. The pediment carries a ten-line inscription in thuluth script that functions as an endowment deed.
Before and after restoration
Restoration stages
- 01The original fountain
- 02Restoration work
- 03After sandblasting and cleaning
From the archive
Source: Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality, Historic Erzurum Fountains Revival Project boards.