Karatay Madrasa

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Karatay Madrasa
Religion
Affiliation Islam
District Konya
Province Konya
Region Central Anatolia
Location
Location Flag of Turkey.svg Konya, Turkey
Architecture
Type Madrasa
Style Islamic, Seljuk architecture
Completed1251
Minaret(s)1

Karatay Madrasa is a madrasa (a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus) built in Konya, Turkey, in 1251 by the Emir of the city Celaleddin Karatay, serving the Seljuk sultan.

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History

Since 1955, the place serves as a museum where Seljuk tiles are united, while artifacts in stone or in wood are on display in Ince Minaret Madrasa, also in Konya. The collection of Karatay Museum was particularly enriched by the finds collected as of the 1970s in Kubadabad Palace royal summer residence on Lake Beyşehir shore, at eighty miles from Konya to the west.

A caravanserai, also built by Celaleddin Karatay in the outskirts of Konya, carries his name too.

Coordinates: 37°52′29″N32°29′34″E / 37.87472°N 32.49278°E / 37.87472; 32.49278


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