Tiles from Green Mosque, Bursa, Turkey

Tile decoration of green octagonal and turquoise triangular tiles with gold decoration found in the rooms to the sides of the mosque after the vestibule, 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_MC048.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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color colour image indoors inside interior Middle East Middle Eastern square square image 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 tile tiled decoration pattern gold geometric decorative detail

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