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One of the truly great mosques in Bursa is the Yesil or Green (1424). It has a wealth of great tiles and carving, apart from just being good architecture. This is a detail.
The Yeşil Cami (‘Green’ mosque, because of the predominant colour of its tiles inside) is the most decorated of the city’s houses of prayer. Built for sultan Mehmed I Çelebi (1389-1421) by the architect Hacı Ivaz Paşa, who was also an army commander and a vizier; he is the architect of the Yeşil Türbe (mausoleum) too. The mosque’s building was completed in 1419, its inner decoration in 1424.
On the picture: Standing next to marble fountain of the central hall, and looking up to the domes above.
Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü III, Ankara 1983 - Wikipedia,
Copyright Dick Osseman. For use see my Profile.
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