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Dick Osseman | profile | all galleries >> Sivas Turkey >> Buruciye Medrese tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Sivas congress museum | Buruciye Medrese | Çifte Minareli Medrese before restoration | Çifte Minare Medrese after restoration | Şifaiye Medrese before restoration | Şifaiye Medresesi aka Sifahidiye Medrese during restoration | Gök Medrese before restoration | Gök Medrese during restoration | Ulu Camii | Taşhan | Cumhuriyet Square | Ahi Emir Ahmet Türbe

Buruciye Medrese

The Bürüciye Medrese is a fine building from 1271. I quote from the notice at its entrance: Muzafer Burucerdi, who came from the area of Hamedan in Iran and settled down in Sivas was one of the richest people in Sivas. The Bürüciye Medrese was built under his orders in 1271 to teach positive science. The medrese which has an open courtyard and four eyvans (three walled vaulted antechambers) is one of the most beautiful examples of Seljuk stonework. The notice mentions a tomb of the founder and his two children with very fine tiles.

After scanning old slides I had enough pictures to give this medrese a sub-gallery of its own. You see a mixture of pictures from several visits.
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 107.jpg
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 108.jpg
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye entrance detail
Sivas Buruciye entrance detail
Sivas Buruciye entrance
Sivas Buruciye entrance
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 111.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese
Sivas Buruciye Medrese
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Sivas Buruciye medrese
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese june 2011 8292.jpg
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Sivas june 2011 8293.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 113.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 117.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese june 2011 8294.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 118.jpg
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Sivas Buruciye Medrese 97 119.jpg