Bursa
Ulu Cami ( Grand Mosque )
Sultan
Yildirim Beyazit got Bursa Grand Mosque ( Ulu cami ) built between 1396 – 1400 years. Rectangle design was applied to building .
There are 3 big entrance gates , Ulu cami is the biggest and most monumental one among the mosques with Multiple domes
.
20 domes stand on thick walls and 12
square columns which made by blockstones
. Under The dome located on the middle axis a pool with sixteen edges and a
fountain exists. 2 minarets made by marbles and covered with bricks stand on
the northernside of the mosque. The
scripts found in the mosque are peculiar
to Calligraphy
art and known as the uniqe samples of this art. Ulu cami ( Grand mosque) with
its Architectural design, handmade wood-works and scripts stand apart from the
other relics and monumets.
According
to a myth “Karagoz” who makes the people
laugh when they were building the mosque and cause the works to be delayed was
killed by The sultan Yildirim Beyazit.