Architecture / Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Hüdavendigâr (Murad I) Complex
Osmangazi, Bursa
A two-story building in Çekirge, unique in Ottoman architecture, designed with a mosque below and a madrasa above.
Its story
The mosque commissioned in the 14th century by Sultan Murad I (Hüdavendigâr) on the Çekirge ridge has an unusual plan, with a zaviye-type mosque on the ground floor and madrasa cells on the upper floor. The alternating brick-and-stone masonry and pointed-arched porticoes of the facade show the influence of the Byzantine building tradition. The complex also includes a soup kitchen (imaret), a hammam and the tomb of Murad I; the sultan was buried here after he fell at Kosovo. The group of buildings is one of the components of the Bursa and Cumalıkızık UNESCO World Heritage site.
Key facts
- Plan
- Two-story mosque-madrasa
- Built
- 1366–1385, Murad I
- Admission
- Free
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
40.20242, 29.02114
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCdavendigar_Cami | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCdavendigar_Mosque | https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1452/ | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15227537