Hüdavendigar Mosque

Hüdavendigar Mosque
Hüdavendigar Camii
Location of the mosque in Turkey
Basic information
Location Bursa, Turkey
Geographic coordinates 40°12′08″N 29°01′15″E / 40.20222°N 29.02083°E / 40.20222; 29.02083Coordinates: 40°12′08″N 29°01′15″E / 40.20222°N 29.02083°E / 40.20222; 29.02083
Affiliation Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic, Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking 1365
Completed 1385 (1385)
Minaret(s) 1

Hüdavendigar Mosque or Murat I, the Hüdavendigar Mosque(Turkish: Hüdavendigar Camii or 1. Murat Hüdavendigar Camii) is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey, that is part of the large complex (külliye) built by the Ottoman Sultan Murad I between 1365–1385 and is also named after the same sultan. It went under extensive renovation following the 1855 Bursa earthquake.

Architecture

The mosque has a reversed T-plan and the Külliye further consists of a Madrasa) and dervish lodge (zaviye), mausoleum Türbe, fountain, a soup kitchen Imaret, a hamam and a Koran school for boys (sibyan mektebi).

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