Name

Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)

Address
16360 Bursa
Geographical Hierarchy
Coordinates (WGS 84)
Author and Date of Entry
Franziska Niemand 2021
Information about the Building

The Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) is part of a larger religious building complex that includes, among other structures, a mosque (Yeşil Cami) 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 Murad II as a mausoleum for his father Sultan Mehmed I (reigned 816–824 AH / 1413–1421 AD). Construction was completed in 823 AH / 1421 AD.
After severe damage caused by an earthquake in 1271 AH / 1855 AD, restoration works were carried out in the 1270s–80s AH / 1860s AD 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.