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  • Şifaiye Madrasa

  • Şifaiye Madrasa

    Şifaiye Medresesi is a medrese (Islamic School) built in 1217 AD in Sivas, Turkey. It bears typical Seljuk features and was built by the Rûm Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I. The complex consists of a Darüşşifa (hospital) and the medrese where medicinal studies were also taught. The complex is also alternatively called under the sultan Izeddin Keykavus I's name whose tomb is located within the compound.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Şifaiye Madrasa
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    Şifaiye Madrasa

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2014

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Turkey

    Sivas

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    13th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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