Green Tomb

The Green Tomb (Turkish: Yeşil Türbe) is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in Bursa, Turkey. It was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following the death of the sovereign in 1421. The architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha designed the tomb and the Yeşil Mosque opposite to it.[1]

Green Tomb
Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe)
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationTurkey Bursa, Turkey
Geographic coordinates40°10′53″N 29°04′29″E
Architecture
TypeTürbe
StyleIslamic, Ottoman architecture
Completed1421
Specifications
Dome height (outer)25 m
Materialsstone, tiles, marble

Architecture
Green Mosque of Bursa

Set amid cypresses on top of the hill in the Yeşil neighborhood in Bursa, the mausoleum stands higher than the rest of the complex. It is built on a hexagonal plan and crowned with a hemi-spherical dome. The exterior of the mausoleum is clad with the green-blue tiles that give it its name. A majority of the tiles were replaced by contemporary Kütahya tiles following damage in the 1855 Bursa earthquake.[2] The entry portal is crowned with a semi-umbrella vault and has muqarnas niches above marble seats on both side of the entrance. İznik tiles with flower patterns in blue, white and yellow adorn the portal.

Inside, past the carved wooden doors, the royal catafalque stands on a platform at the center surrounded by seven other tombs. It is richly decorated with scriptures and flower designs painted in yellow, white and blue glazed tiles. The lower section of walls is lined with blue-green tiles, also used in tympana of windows on the interior. The muqarnas niche of mihrab on the qibla wall is also set in a large frame of ornamental tilework: the mosaic of tiles inside the niche depicts a garden of roses, carnations and hyacinths. The chandelier and the colored glass windows are later additions.

  • Decoration above entrance
    Decoration above entrance
  • Decoration on the wall
    Decoration on the wall
  • Mihrab and part of dome
    Mihrab and part of dome
  • Green Tomb from outside
    Green Tomb from outside
  • Above entrance to tomb
    Above entrance to tomb
  • Grave of Mehmet I
    Grave of Mehmet I
  • Top side of grave of Mehmet I
    Top side of grave of Mehmet I
  • Grave of Mehmet I in the Green Tomb
    Grave of Mehmet I in the Green Tomb

See also

Notes
  1. ArchNet.org - Biography of Haci Ivaz Pasha Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Tile with arabesque decoration [Anatolia (Bursa)] (1998.246) | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

References
  • "Green Tomb, Bursa, Turkey". ArchNet.org. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  • Baykal, Kazim. Bursa ve Anitlari. Türkiye Anit Çevre Turizm Degerlerini Koruma Vakfi: 1982, Istanbul. (Edited reprint of original from 1950) .
  • Goodwin, Godfrey. A History of Ottoman Architecture. Thames and Hudson: London, 1997 (reprint of 1971).
  • Gabriel, Albert. Une Capitale Turque, Brousse, Bursa. Paris, E. de Boccard, 1958.
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