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 the view from the entrance on a winter afternoon.

On the picture: The ‘şadırvan’ in front of the north facade. In the Late-Ottoman style of the 19th century.

A Şadırvan (from the Persian ‘Sadirvan’) is a type of fountain that is usually built in the yard or entrance in front of mosques or other buildings where ritual prayers can be held, with the main purpose of providing water for drinking or ritual ablutions to several people at the same time, but also as decorative visual or sound element. It is a typical element of Ottoman architecture. It is also called ‘abdest alma çeşmesi’ (= fountain for ablutions).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Wikipedia.