Completed 1242 District Konya | Opened 1242 Region Central Anatolia Region | |
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Architectural styles Islamic architecture, Seljuk architecture Similar Ince Minaret Medrese, Karatay Madrasa - Konya, Konya İzzet Koyunoğlu Şehir Mü, Alâeddin Mosque, Konya Archaeological Museum | ||
S r al medrese
Sırçalı Medrese (literally Glazed medrese) is a 13th-century medrese (Islamic school) located in Konya, Turkey.
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History
Built in 1242 during the reign of the Seljuk sultan Kaykaus II, by order of Emir Bedrettin Muslih for the study of Fiqh (Islamic doctrines). The interior is decorated with colourful tiles, hence the name of the structure. The building has a highly ornamented stone façade which includes relief work of various geometric patterning. Above the entrance is an inscription in Arabic calligraphy. The building has an open courtyard surrounded by two stories of the student cells and a large Iwan where the lectures took place.
The building now is Konya's Museum of Gravestones. It contains old Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman gravestones.
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