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Yeşil MedreseBursa, Türkiye
Yeşil Medrese, "The Green Madrasa," was constructed as part of a multi-functional complex commissioned by Ottoman sultan Mehmed I. Primary sources date the construction of the building to 1419/822 AH.
The madrasa is a square building with a large courtyard at the center. The main entrance is on the north side, through a portal in the form of a recessed iwan. An arcade surrounds the courtyard on three sides. The south side is occupied by a large domed iwan accessed by two flights of stairs that converge on a balcony at its entrance. This room served as the dershane or study hall. The three arcades on the east, west, and north sides of the courtyard give onto smaller iwans flanked by two square cells on either side. On the north side, the iwan is replaced by the entrance portal.
Byzantine columns and capitals were reused in constructing the arcade surrounding the courtyard. The building is decorated with blue and green tiles on the interior of the classroom and on tympana of windows on the exterior.
Sources:
Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakki. Osmanlı Mi‘mârîsinde Çelebi ve II. Sultan Murad Devri 806-855 (1403-1451), 94-99. Istanbul: Baha Matbaasi, 1972.
Location
Bursa, Türkiye
Associated Names
Part of Site
Events
1419/822 AH
Style Periods
1299-1922
Variant Names
Yesil Medrese
Alternate transliteration
Yeşil Madrasa
Translated
Site Types
educational
Yeşil MedreseBursa, Türkiye
Yeşil Medrese, "The Green Madrasa," was constructed as part of a multi-functional complex commissioned by Ottoman sultan Mehmed I. Primary sources date the construction of the building to 1419/822 AH.
The madrasa is a square building with a large courtyard at the center. The main entrance is on the north side, through a portal in the form of a recessed iwan. An arcade surrounds the courtyard on three sides. The south side is occupied by a large domed iwan accessed by two flights of stairs that converge on a balcony at its entrance. This room served as the dershane or study hall. The three arcades on the east, west, and north sides of the courtyard give onto smaller iwans flanked by two square cells on either side. On the north side, the iwan is replaced by the entrance portal.
Byzantine columns and capitals were reused in constructing the arcade surrounding the courtyard. The building is decorated with blue and green tiles on the interior of the classroom and on tympana of windows on the exterior.
Sources:
Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakki. Osmanlı Mi‘mârîsinde Çelebi ve II. Sultan Murad Devri 806-855 (1403-1451), 94-99. Istanbul: Baha Matbaasi, 1972.
Location
Bursa, Türkiye
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Associated Names
Part of Site
Events
1419/822 AH
Style Periods
1299-1922
Variant Names
Yesil Medrese
Alternate transliteration
Yeşil Madrasa
Translated
Site Types
educational