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Caferağa Medrese

The Caferağa Medrese or Cafer Ağa Madrasa (Turkish: Caferağa Medresesi) is a former medrese, located in Istanbul, Turkey, next to the Hagia Sophia. It was built in 1559 by Mimar Sinan on the orders of Cafer Agha, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566). The medrese was transformed by the Turkish Cultural Service Foundation in 1989 into a tourist centre with 15 classrooms/exhibition rooms, a b…

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Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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Mimar Sinan

1488-1588 · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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Mimar Sinan was the chief Ottoman architect and engineer, responsible for an extraordinary body of imperial mosques, bridges, and civic works that shaped classical Ottoman architecture.

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Mimar Sinan

studio · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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