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Ince Minaret Medrese

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Ince Minaret Medrese
Ince Minaret Medrese. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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İnce Minareli Medrese (lit. 'Slender Minaret Medrese'; Persian: مدرسه اینجه مناره‌لی) is a 13th-century madrasa (Islamic school) located in Konya, Turkey, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art (Taş ve Ahşap Eserler Müzesi), noted for its ornate entrance, domed courtyard, ornamentally bricked minaret, partially destroyed in 1901, and exemplar Anatolian Seljuk architecture.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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