Ince Minare

building, Konya, Turkey

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In Islamic arts: Architecture in Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia
As it appears in the Ince or Karatay medreses (madrasahs), it consists of the transformation of the central courtyard into a domed space while maintaining the eyvān. Thus, the centralized aspect of the eyvān plan becomes architecturally explicit. The second feature is the creation of a facade that usually consisted…
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