Nurettin Üçbaş Madrasa

Nurettin Üçbaş Madrasa

Year Built
1532
Commissioned By
Müderris Nureddin Hamza
Architect
Koca Sinan
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. It was damaged in the Balat fire of 1729.

  2. In 1918, it was used by the Family Provisions Commission.

  3. For a period, it was used as a Qur’an course.

  4. It was repaired in 1960 and 1989.

  5. The survey, restitution, and restoration projects were approved by the conservation board; preliminary work for the restoration implementations was initiated.

Featured Highlights

  • It is also known as the Üçbaş Madrasa and the Üçbaş Nurettin Hamza Madrasa.

  • It is part of a composition that shares the same courtyard with the masjid; it consists of rooms placed on the north, east, and south sides of the irregularly planned courtyard, to the east of the masjid.

  • The doors of the rooms open onto a lean-to supported by wooden posts, which takes the place of a portico.

  • With the portico arrangement carried by wooden posts in front of the cells and the tiled wooden roof above the masonry walls, it displays a plain early-period madrasa architecture.

  • According to its inscription, it was built in Hijri 939 (1532–1533).

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