Erzurum, Turkey
Coordinates: 39.905805, 41.278349
Çifte Minareli Madrasa is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in the Turkish city of Erzurum.
It was one of the largest madrasa in Anatolia and housed several hundred students. The impressive and imposing minarets of the school of theology are built of fine brick and in the Iconic style.
Built as a theological school a few years before 1265, it takes its name, Twin Minaret Madrasa, from the two fluted minarets that crown the monumental façade.
According to the inscription on the portal, it was built in 1271 by Khudavand Khatun, the daughter of Seljuq Sultan Kayqubad on the half-century after the Seljuk period’s cultural life and development activities and is seen as an important circuit.
It has 19 rooms at the ground floor and 18 rooms at the second floor.
In addition to the many floral stone rubbing, two figures are very remarkable: the tree of life and and twin head dragons.
Those figures also are used in the interior design of the Restaurant Emirseyh Koftecisi vis a vis to the Madrasa.
The Madrasa is also very well illuminated in nights. It is worth to visit.
