Painted dome ceiling, Green Mosque, Bursa, Turkey

Domed painted ceiling of the women's prayer hall in the Green Mosque or Yesil Cami, Bursa, Turkey. The Green Mosque was built under Sultan Mehmed Celebi in 1419-21 by the architect Haci Ivaz Pasha. The painted decorations were by Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following an earthquake in 1855, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Leon Parvillee. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC13_Turkey_MC082.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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color colour horizontal image indoors inside interior Middle East Middle Eastern photograph photography Turkey Turkish travel tourism tourist attraction Green Mosque Yesil Cami Yesil Mosque Mosque of Mehmed I mosque kulliye Bursa 15th century Ottoman Bursa style architecture building religion belief faith Islam Islamic muslim moslem painted decorative dome ceiling prayer hall women looking up view from below floral design

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