Descripción del sitio
This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture
Istanbul-�sküdar
Atik Valide Mosque and Külliye
1571-1583
Architect Mimar Sinan
This very large külliye was built for Princess Nurbanu. Nurbanu Sultan was the mother of Murad III and the wife of Selim II (son and successor of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman). Built again on sloping ground, it includes a mosque, a medrese, a tekke (dervish lodge), a dar-ul kurra and a dar-ul hadis, a hospital, a guesthouse, a kervansaray (with very large stables, including camel stables, being situated on the Anatolian shore), a refection hall, a hamam and a primary school. The buildings are situated on different levels, with the refectory, guesthouse, kervansaray and hospital forming an important autonomous social unit, separated from the group formed by the mosque, medrese and tekke by a street. The school is situated on an elevated storey, with a street passing through the void created below. Apart from the mosque, medrese and tekke, the buildings have lost much of their original appearance because of the misuses they have suffered at different times. (Text from
Evliya, GE-BBS)
Floor plan of complex with a hypothetical reconstruction of its hospice-caravanserai-hospital block: (1) mosque, (2) madrasa, (3) convent, (4) elementary school, (5) hadith college and Koran recitation school, (6) fountain of Hasan Ã?Â?avus, (7) vestibule, (8) double caravanserai with stables, (9) hospice courtyard, (10) hospice kitchens, (11) guestrooms, (12) hospital, (13) double bath
Plans and photos from Archnet.org