Ebubekir Paşa Ottoman Primary School

Ebubekir Paşa Ottoman Primary School

Year Built
1723-1724
Commissioned By
Ebubekir Pasha
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. The 1867–68 accounting registers include a repair item concerning the school’s stairway gate and lectern.

  2. The lower floor of the water tower structure is used as a shop.

  3. The informational text on the building states that it was still in service about a century after its establishment.

Featured Highlights

  • The building is also known as the Ebubekir Agha Sıbyan Mektebi.

  • The building complex consists of the school-fountain pair, three fountains, a water tower, and a graveyard.

  • An inscription arranged in four lines and two columns is located above the door.

  • The fountain inscription gives the construction date as one year later than the school.

  • Ebubekir Pasha’s grave is located in the graveyard.

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