Sultan Bayezid II Complex, Ottoman religious complex in Edirne Province, Turkey.
Sultan Bayezid II Complex is a group of buildings with a mosque at its center, surrounded by spaces for medicine, bathing, and kitchens. The buildings are arranged around several courtyards, which together formed a place for healing and teaching.
The complex was built in the late 1400s under a sultan who wanted to advance education and medicine. For four centuries it served as an active center for medical training, until the late 1800s when it stopped serving its original purpose.
The complex's name reflects the sultan who commissioned it, and the buildings still show the roles that different spaces played in daily life. You can see in the structures how doctors and patients moved through them and how the community used this place.
The site today is a museum that shows the history of medicine and guides visitors through the different rooms. It is helpful to spend time in each area, as the layout and room arrangement tell you much about the medical practice of that time.
The doctors of the complex used an unusual method for healing: they employed music, the sound of water, and pleasant scents to treat patients with mental problems. This approach was remarkably advanced for its time.
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