Çifte Minareli Medrese (Sivas, Turkey)

found: Kenthaber website, viewed 22 Dec. 2011:Sivas > Medreseler > Çifte Minareli Medrese (Çifte Minareli Medrese; built in 1271)

found: Sivaslılar, eğitim kültür ve yardımlaşma derneği website, viewed 22 Dec. 2011:Adım adım Sivas > Çifte Minareli Medrese (Çifte Minareli Medrese, built 1271-1272)

found: Archnet website, viewed 22 Dec. 2011:Image > Turkey > Sivas > Çifte Minaret Madrasa in Sivas (Çifte Minaret Madrasa in Sivas; variant: Çifte Minareli Medrese; built 1271; location: Sivas, Turkey; building type: educational; building usage: madrasa. All that remains of the Çifte (double) Minaret Madrasa in Sivas is the front façade, with its monumental portal in limestone and marble topped by the twin polychrome brick minarets that give it its name. Built in 1271 -- the same year as Muzaffer Bürüciye Madrasa and Gök Madrasa -- by Ilkhanid Vizier Semseddin Cuveyni (Shams al-din Juwayni), it was once a madrasa with four iwans centered around a two-storey courtyard.)

found: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism website, 23 Dec. 2011:City Guide > Sivas > Where to Visit > Religious Monuments (Çifte Minareli Medrese (Double Minaret Thelogical [sic] Schools) (Center), built 1271. The structure is located at the city center. The structure has rectangular plan and only the frontal section and the minarets are still standing in the present day. The structure was constructed by the İlhanlı vizier Sahip Şemseddin Mehmet Cüveyni in 1271. The structure has the biggest portal among the other theological schools in Anatolia)