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Amasya Bimarhane medrese

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The monumental gate. The parts with stone work ornaments are original (1308); the upper part was rebuilt in plain stone.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.


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Özkan Öztürk 20-Mar-2006 22:42
It's also the first mental hospital known. Built in 1308 AD with the order of Olcayto Mehmed Han, the grandson of Hulagu, a Turkish-Mongolian emperor.
Emrah Zarifoglu 12-Mar-2006 20:39
Bimarhane was a psychological hospital. Music and water sound were used to treat people in this hospital.