Bursa Grand Mosque

Bursa Ulu Mosque was built on a large area where Orhan Gazi Park is located, during the time of Yıldırım Bayezid, between 1396-1400. It is the first of the multi-domed monumental structures among Ottoman mosques.It is located within the UNESCO World Heritage Site titled "Bursa and the Birth of the Ottoman Empire.'' Ulu Mosque has 20 domes sitting on twelve large square pillars. The construction had started after Yıldırım Bayezid's 1396 Niğbolu victory. The inscription on the Minber door shows the completion date of the mosque as 802 (1399-1400). The western minaret of the mosque, which has two minarets, was built during the time of Yıldırım Beyazid, and the eastern one was built by Çelebi Sultan Mehmed. The Ulu Mosque is one of the largest in Türkiye. The high and simple muezzin gallery, which spreads over elegant eight columns, was built in 1549. The stone pavement, carved from a round single piece of marble, placed on the pillar opposite the pilgrimage, was built in 1815. Under most of the plates that decorate the interior walls of the Ulu Mosque, there is the signature of the calligrapher. There are 192 works in the form of 87 plates written on the wall by 41 different calligraphers in the mosque with 13 different characters. In addition, there are antique clocks, candlesticks and the Qur'ans.