Muradiye Külliyesi

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Creator(s)

Turkish, Islamic

Time period

creation date: 1426-1428

Location

Site: Bursa (Turkey)

Cultural context

Turkish

Islamic

Description

The Complex of Murad II, known as Muradiye, was built following the completion of the Yesil Complex and consists of a mosque, madrasa (medrese), soup kitchen (imaret), a Koran school for boys (sibyan mektebi), hamam and twelve mausolea (türbe) belonging to the Ottoman family.

exterior, a view, from southwest, of the complex as seen from under the large eaves of the mausoleum of Murat II: the mosque is seen on the left in the distance, with the mausoleum of Mustafa-i Atik on the right, 1991

Work type

Mosque

Madrasa

Mausoleum

Medium

basalt (basic igneous rock)

brick

limestone

stone

wood (plant material)

granite

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