At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Summary
Saatlı Medrese, the 'Medrese with a Clock', was founded in the reign of Murat II; the eponymous clock has vanished 1.
Form
A five-bay porch with a huge entryway recalls thirteenth-century Seljuk buildings of Anatolia; the medrese measures 44 by 36 metres around a porticoed courtyard — five cells north, six east, domed-square dershane and mescit south, toilets and bath in the corners 1.
For young visitors
An old college that lost its clock — but kept a gate as grand as a Seljuk palace's.
Curatorial notes
- Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), p. 97 (Saatlı Medrese).
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Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.97
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Saatlı Medrese, Edirne”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/saatli-medrese-edirne/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.