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Description
Property Name: Grand Mosque of Bursa, Bursa Ulu Cami
Inventory No: 90-224-3
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-07-28
Country (State party): Turkey
Province: Bursa
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 40° 11′ 2.26″ N
29° 3′ 42.62″ E
Historic Period: 15th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 1396-1400
Style: Early Ottoman
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
This mosque, constructed by Bayezid I, is one of the most important examples of a hypostyle stucture repeating smaller units to obtain a large space, thus a prominent representitive of early Ottoman architecture.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The mosque was damaged in the 1855 earthquake when all Bursa’s minarets had to be rebuilt. It is in a good state of preservation now.
References
Michell, George. Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning. Thames and Hudson, London, 1978
Bloom, Jonathan M.; Sheila S. Blair. The Grove Encyclopedia Of Islamic Art and Architecture, Oxford University Press, New York, 2009.