Cacabey Medresa - Şehir Merkezi / Kırşehir

The Caca Bey Madrasa was built in 1272 by Caca Bey's son Emir Nurettin as a theological seminary and observatory, although it is currently used as a mosque. Roughly square in plan, the building is a domed madrasa, an Anatolian structural development of the twelfth century. The form of a domed madrasa presaged Ottoman mosque architecture and guided the development of form in a variety of dervish takiyya (tekke). The dome is open to the sky at the crown, which is part of the school's legacy as an astronomical observatory. The madrasa incorporates a tomb with a conical roof, and there is a brick minaret behind and separate from the main structure. The Caca Bey Madrasa court has four iwans, which is architecturally unusual when used in combination with a dome.
source: Archnet.org

Sender: M. Fatih Demirhan