Yakutiye Madrasa () is a historical 14th-century

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. The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the

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, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him.DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Turkey: Turkey, Suzanne Swan, page 318, 2012

Building

It is a rectangular building with an inner courtyard, surrounded by the rooms for the students. It has a monumental portal decorated with stone carvings and one

Minaret A minaret is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (''adhan'') from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They can h ...

with geometrical decorations. There is also an adjoining Kümbet. Today the building is used as a museum dedicated to ethnography and Turkish and Islamic art.

Vault

The Yakutiye Madrasa mosque has a vault decorated with ''

muqarna Muqarnas (), also known in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe (from ), is a form of three-dimensional decoration in Islamic architecture in which rows or tiers of niche-like elements are projected over others below. It is an archetypal form of I ...

'' design and a central oculus, which was constructed in 1310 and ultimately derived from the vault of the Armenian ''

gavit A ''gavit'' (; gawit’) or ''zhamatun'' (Armenian: ) is a congressional room or mausoleum added to the entrance of a church, and therefore often contiguous to its west side, in a Medieval Armenian monastery. It served as narthex (entrance to the ...

'' narthex.

Sources

Buildings and structures completed in 1310 Buildings and structures in Erzurum Anatolian Seljuk architecture Madrasas in Turkey World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey {{Turkey-struct-stub