Sırçalı Medrese
| Sırçalı Medrese | |
|---|---|
 The front facade in 1913. | |
| Basic information | |
| Location |
 Konya, Turkey |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | Konya |
| Province | Konya |
| Region | Central Anatolia |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Madrasa |
| Architectural style | Islamic, Seljuk architecture |
| Completed | 1242 |
Sırçalı Medrese(literally Glazed medrese) is a 13th-century medrese (Islamic school) located in Konya, Turkey.[1]
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.
References
- ↑ The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Delhi to Mosque, Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila Blair, Oxford University Press, 2009, page 118