Büyük Ağa Medresesi or Kapı Ağa Medresesi is a historical 15th century

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Amasya Amasya () is a city in northern Turkey, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity."Amasya" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol ...

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. The complex was built in 1488 on the order of the ''Kapı Ağası'' (chief of the eunuchs that worked in the harem) Hüseyin Ağa during the reign of the

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Building

The medrese has a unique

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al plan used for the first time in this building and consists of the student rooms, each covered by a small dome, around an octagonal colonnaded courtyard. The largest domed room was used as the main lecture room and now for the training of local youth to become '' hafız''.

Gallery

File:Amasya-Kapı-Ağası-Medrese-01.JPG, The courtyard and the student rooms

References

Buildings and structures completed in 1488 Religious buildings and structures completed in the 1480s Amasya Ottoman architecture in Turkey Buildings and structures in Amasya Province Madrasas in Turkey {{Turkey-mosque-stub