Şifaiye Madrasa (Sivas Hospital)

This structure is one of the most important Madrasas where patients were treated and medicine was also taught during the period of State of Seljuks. The part that has survived to the present day is the largest hospital in Anatolia. It was built in 1217/18. The courtyard with four iwans and portico is entered through the magnificent Crown gate. There are sun and moon symbols on the crown entrance and reliefs in the form of male and female heads in the main iwan. In 1220, the south iwan was turned into a mausoleum. It is the largest of the Seljuk Medical sites and hospitals in Anatolia. The hospital was converted into a madrasa with an edict issued in 1768 and was used as a supply warehouse during World War I.