Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa Ottoman Primary School
Changes After Construction:
- The complex was damaged in the fires of 1718 and 1782, and the earthquakes of 1755 and 1894.
- Various repairs were carried out by Rahmiye Hanım in 1755, and in the years 1940, 1957–1958, and 1960.
- A museum arrangement was made in the complex in 1966.
- The complex to which the school is affiliated is currently used as the Foundations Museum of Turkish Construction and Art Works.
Prominent Features:
- The building is also known as the “Amcazade Hüseyin Pasha Complex Sıbyan Mektebi.”
- The primary school is located on the front facade of the complex; it consists of two domed sections.
- There are shops with cellars beneath the school.
- The corridor entered through the door between the shops leads to the small inner courtyard of the school; a restroom is located in the courtyard.
- Stairs lead from the courtyard to a landing, providing access to the first and second domed sections of the school; the domes feature pendentives.
