The Medrese of Nefesi Sultan, also called the Hatuniye medrese. It was built in 1382 by the famous architect Hoca Ahmet, who built this on orders of the daughter of the Ottoman sultan Murat I, the wife of the Karamanoğlu Alaeddin Bey. The portal in front has been higher, inside there now is a restaurant, but I was allowed to take every picture I wanted. Friendly people there.

On the picture: Close-up of some details of the stone work adorning the ‘Taşkapı’ (stone gatehouse/portal). The architecture and applied arts during this Karamanoğlu period tend to be strikingly conservative (late-)Seljuk.
Compare for example with the Mosque of Murat I in Bursa (1365) or the Ulu Cami in Bolu (1382): another world.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.