Hüdavendigar Mosque

Hüdavendigar Mosque or Murat I, the Hüdavendigar Mosque (Turkish: Hüdavendigar Camii or 1. Murat Hüdavendigar Camii) is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey, that is part of the large complex (külliye) built by the Ottoman Sultan, Murad I, between 1365–1385 and is also named after the same sultan. It went under extensive renovation following the 1855 Bursa earthquake.

Hüdavendigar Mosque
Hüdavendigar Camii
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationBursa, Turkey
Location of the mosque in Turkey
Geographic coordinates40°12′08″N 29°01′15″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic, Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking1365
Completed1385 (1385)
Minaret(s)1

Architecture

The mosque has a reversed T-plan and the Külliye further consists of a Madrasa) and dervish lodge (zaviye), mausoleum Türbe, fountain, a soup kitchen Imaret, a hamam and a Koran school for boys (sibyan mektebi).

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