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Description
Property Name: Medical Complex of Beyazit II
Inventory No: 90-284-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-12-28
Country (State party): Turkey
Province: Edirne
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 41° 41′ 8.39″ N
26° 32′ 39.73″ E
Historic Period: Classic Ottoman (1453-1579)
Year of Construction: 1484-1488
Style: Classical Ottoman
Original Use: Mosque, Caravanserai, Mausoleum, Hospital, Religious, Public kitchen, Guest house
Current Use: Mosque, Museum
Architect: Hayrettin Aga
Significance
It is one of the most important medical complexes of Ottoman period.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
It is a well preserved complex. It has been converted to a “Health Museum”.
References
Goodwin, Godfrey. A History of Ottoman Architecture , The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1971.
ed. Michell, George. Architecture of the Islamic World; Its History and Social Meaning. Thanes & Hudson, London, 1978.
Archnet website: http://www.archnet.org