GREEN TOMB

BURSA

The entry portal is crowned with semi-umbrella vault and has muqarnas niches above marble seats on both side of entrance. 

Iznik 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. 

The Green Tomb 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.

--Wiki

GREEN TOMB

BURSA

The Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe) is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I.

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.

Set amidst cypresses on top of the hill in Yeşil neighborhood, 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 green-blue tiles that give it its name. 

A majority of the tiles were replaced by contemporary Kutahya tiles following damage in the 1855 Bursa earthquake.

--Wikipedia

KOZA KHAN

BURSA, TURKEY

There are 50 ground-floor rooms in the han.

Those at the corners have panelled square vaults, while the others have barrel vaults oriented perpendicular to the courtyard.

There are porticoes in front of the rooms and on the four sides of the courtyard.

On the second floor, there are 54 rooms including the rooms on either side of the portal.

The portico on the upper story is covered by a series of domes supported on square pillars.

-- www.discoverislamicart.org

KOZA KHAN

BURSA, TURKEY

Koza Han, koza meaning literally 'silk cocoon', was founded by Sultan Bayezid II as a waqf (or pious foundation) to fund his imaret in Istanbul.

It was completed in 1491 and was the center of the silk trade for centuries.

In the center of the courtyard is an octagonal kiosk-masjid supported on eight stone pillars connected to each other by arches.

Beneath the mosque is an octagonal fountain with an additional pillar in its center.

The masjid is accessed by a marble stairway and is covered with a dome.

Adapted from www.discoverislamicart.org

GREEN MOSQUE

BURSA

The architectural style known as Bursa Style begins with Green Mosque.

The mosque is based on a reverse T-plan with a vestibule at the entrance leading to a central hall flanked by eyvans on the east and west and a larger eyvan with mihrab niche on the south.

Two small eyvans flank the entryway above which the royal box (hünkar mahfili) is located.

There are four rooms with fireplaces to the north and south of side eyvans accessed through the vestibule and the central hall respectively.

Stairs on both sides of the vestibule lead to the upper floor where the royal lodge and two adjacent rooms for the royal women are located.

Here, a passage opens to the balconies on the northern façade where the minaret steps begin.

--Wikipedia

GREEN MOSQUE

BURSA

The Yeşil Mosque can be shown as the perfect blend between architecture and embellishment, the proof that such works of art were produced in a country where the battles between siblings had come to an end and peace had returned.

It was commissioned By Sultan Mehmed I Celebi and completed in December 1419 or January 1420.

The mosque was built between 1419–1421 by architect vezir Haci Ivaz Pasha. 

-Wiki

LAFAYETTE CEMETERY NO. 2

ON A MISTY CHRISTMAS MORNING IN NEW ORLEANS

STEVE WRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE

GALATA, ACROSS THE GOLDEN HORN

VIEWED FROM THE MOSQUE OF SULTAN SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT

Sadly, modern buildings to the north mar the old world skyline of Galata.
At least the modern buildings are relegated to farther flung spots on the European and Asian parts of Istanbul, so they do not mar the Old Town structures that date to Byzantine and Ottoman times.