Name

Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque)

Address
Bursa
Geographical Hierarchy
Coordinates (WGS 84)
Author and Date of Entry
Franziska Niemand 2021
Information about the Building

The Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque) is part of a large religious building complex that includes, among other structures, a tomb (Yeşil Türbe) and a madrasa. It is located in Bursa, the Ottoman capital before the conquest of Edirne in the 760s AH / 1360s AD and of Constantinople in 857 AH / 1453 AD. It was commissioned by Sultan Mehmed I. (reigned 816–824 AH / 1413–1421 AD), and mainly built from 816–821/827 AH / 1412–1419/24 AD.
After severe damage caused by an earthquake in 1271 AH / 1855 AD, restoration works were carried out in the 1270s/1281860s with the collaboration of the French decorator Léon Parvillée.

Literature

Launay, M. de (1873). Die Ottomanische Baukunst / L’Architecture ottomane / Uṣūl-i Miʿmāriyye-i ʿUsmaniyye. Imprimerie et lithographie centrales.

Parvillée, L. (1874). Architecture et décoration turque au XVe siècle. A. Morel et Cie.

Saint Laurent, B. (1986). Léon Parvillée. His Role as Restorer of Bursa's Monuments and his Contribution to the Exposition Universelle of 1867. In H. Batu, & J.-L. Bacqué-Grammont (Eds.), L`Empire Ottoman, la République de la Turquie et la France (pp. 247–282). Editions isis.

Budak, A (2018). Bursa Yeşil Cami ve Türbesi'nin 1855 Depremi Sonrası Çizilmiş Planı ve Leon Parvillée Tarafından Gerçekleştirilen Onarımlar. Mediterranean Journal of Humanities, 8(1), 67–85.