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COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Green Mosque Kulliye [Complex]
Alternate Title:
Yesil Cami
Image View:
View into the area over the portal, depicting an inscription which states "here is a building such as no nation has been presented with since the sky began to turn"
Creator:
unknown (Islamic)
Location:
site: Bursa, Marmara, Turkey
Date:
1412-1424 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Islamic; Turkish
Style Period:
Ottoman (style)
Work Type 1:
mosque
Work Type 2:
madrasa
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; tile; stained glass
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors
Description:
The several important buildings preserved from the early Ottoman period exemplify the Ottoman pattern of urbanization whereby sultans successively built architectural complexes (kulliye) in unurbanized parts of the city, which then became the nuclei of new quarters. The city was also an international centre for the silk and textile trade...Another urban nucleus on the east side of [Bursa] is centred around the Green complex (Turkish: yesil; 1412-1424) of Mehmed I. It comprises a mosque, tomb, madrasa, kitchen and bath and takes its name from its superb decoration in cuerda seca tile. The mosque [restored after an earthquake in 1855] is similar in plan to that of Bayezid but has second-storey lodges on the north for the sultan and his family. The magnificent tiles in the mihrab are signed by the Masters of Tabriz. The octagonal tomb (Yesil Turbe, restored) also has rich decoration, including a tiled mihrab and cenotaph and elaborately carved doors. The madrasa, which houses a collection of Turkish and Islamic
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Two
Identifier:
1A3-I-T-GM-C1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Green Mosque Kulliye [Complex]

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