Key facts
- Affiliation
- Islam
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Mosque
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bursa , Turkey
- Architect
- Ali Neccar
- Type
- Mosque architecture
- Style
- Islamic , Ottoman
- Completed
- 1399 ; 627 years ago ( 1399 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Bursa
- Founded by
- Bayezid I
- Official website
- www.bursaulucamii.com
- Image
- 71 Bursa la Grande Moschea (Edited).jpg
- Has use
- mosque
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- inception
- 1396-00-00
- native label
- بروسه اولو جامع
- architectural style
- Ottoman architecture
- Commons Institution page
- Grand Mosque of Bursa
- Commons category
- Grand Mosque of Bursa
- located in/on physical feature
- Marmara Region
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Grand Mosque of Bursa (Turkish: Bursa Ulu Cami) is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to commemorate his great victory at the Battle of Nicopolis and built between 1396 and 1399. The mosque is a major monument of early Ottoman architecture and one of the most important mosques in the city, located in the heart of the old city alongside its historic markets.
Historical background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bursa Grand Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.