Avgunl Madrasa

You can read books, you can play backgammon, you can find everything about stationery.

An indispensable place since our childhood. a warm and peaceful environment.

Avgunlu Madrasa Avgunlu Madrasa is located in Mimar Sinan Park along with Giyasiye and Şifaiye Madrasas. It is in a smaller plan compared to other madrasahs and there is a mausoleum inside the building right next to the entrance. Avgunlu Madrasa Avgunu Madrasah is located to the west of the "Giyasiye ve Şifaiye" madrasahs known as Double Madrasahs in the Orta Mahallesi in Kayseri city center. The madrasah has no inscription. The exact construction date and the banker of Avgunlu Madrasa are unknown since there are no written records. It is thought to have been built in the first half of the 13th century. Avgunlu Madrasa is a rectangular building with a width of 15X22 meters. The entrance of the madrasah is at its west-facing door. A small rectangular courtyard passes through the entrance vault, and the courtyard is expanded to the left and right of each with an iwan. The iwan on the right passes to the mummy part of the tomb in the corner, and the iwan on the left passes to another iwan that opens vertically from the corner. There is a room between the iwan on the left and the entrance iwan. Likewise, there is a staircase leading up to the roof in this area. Avgunlu Madrasa There is a vaulted classroom on both sides of the main iwan. There are madrasah cells with portico on the square pillars on the sides of the courtyard. There are four mutually opposite rooms in the north and south directions. Avgunlu Madrasa started to serve as a bookstore after its restoration.

Since the Avgunlu Madrasah, which is located in Mimar Sinan Park together with the Gevher Nesibe Madrasah and Şifahiyesi, does not have an inscription and there is no written source about it, the exact construction date is unknown. However, it is estimated that it was built in the 13th century due to the similarities between Gevher Nesibe Madrasah and Avgunlu Madrasa and Tomb 02. The words "Avgun" or "abgın" mean water source around Kayseri. The madrasah has taken this name because the groundwater, which was at a high level in Kayseri in the past, creates a source in the lower floor of the tomb.

A very nice place. There is a sitting area upstairs. Downstairs is filled with books and stationery.

There should not be things like signs and lights mounted on historical monuments in any way. Here, the signs are mounted on historical stones everywhere.

Its garden is a cafe and inside is a bookstore. It is in Mimar Sinan Park. Just across the street are the Seljuk Civilization Museum and the Gevher Nesibe Hospital.

The Madrasa Medrese is located in Mimar Sinan Park and is one of the older Rum-Seljuq objects of the city of Kayseri. Today the madrasa inside is run by a bookstore. Outside there is a cafeteria with benches. You can see the old stones well. The roof is new and doesn't look good.