Mosque of Murad I
   Photo: Mosque Murad I

With 1365 on 1385 in Bursa by order of Sultan Murad I, it was built by the Imperial complex, including a mosque and a madrassa Zawiya dervishes imaret, fountain-Sebil, turbot, hammam and mektebi (Koranic schools for boys). To work on building the Sultan allocated their prisoners. The name of the architect is unknown but it is believed that he was captured by soldiers of the sultan and was Italian.

A visit to the complex begins with a walk around the yard with a cypress trees and a beautiful fountain .  A small path leads to the mosque with columns and four windows .  The base structure has an inverted T-shaped .  With the construction of a building used by a plurality of plate-shaped brick and columns with carved capitals .  In a richly decorated door the visitor enters the delightful inner hall, the ceiling is lined with a very rare and beautiful tiles .  The interior of the mosque is decorated with intricate Arabic inscriptions and the golden altar .  Mostly gilding was damaged both temporary and external precipitation .  Interesting architecture and original features of the building (the gallery of the facade and the second floor window openings) are striking in their style and give the mosque a great resemblance to the palace .  A more recent addition to the minaret of the mosque is the only one located in the northwest corner of the building .  It is very similar to a small tower known Italian palazzo .

Despite the fact that the mosque is very spacious rooms for prayer, there were provided and rooms for students. Sixteen rooms on the second floor, along the outer walls of the building, were the madrassas and had access to the U-shaped inner balcony, from which you can explore the central hall of the first floor.

In the garden complex are ten convex polygonal tombs belonging to the sultan and his family. Turbot, located in front of the mosque, was built after the death in 1389 Murad I by order of his son - Sultan Bayezid I.

For lighting in the mosque Murad I previously used oil lamps and it is not just led to the fire. The building has recently been restored. Interesting is the fact that almost all the famous thinkers were studying in madrassas in Bursa, located on the second floor of the mosque.

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