Before leaving Edirne, we checked out the Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum. The complex, which was built between 1484 and 1488, included a mosque, a hospital that treated both physical and mental illnesses, a medical school, a bakery, and a soup kitchen (among other things). Mosque complexes have traditionally served multiple functions, and this is mosque is no exception. The grounds of what is now a health museum are very well-maintained.
Musical instruments for music therapy... in the late 1400s!
We didn't get to the Belgrade Forest for our picnic at the "leisure site" of the Sultan this afternoon, but that was just fine with our travel-weary group. In and/or around Istanbul can be time-consuming due to traffic congestion, as well as unexpected road and bridge closures.
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