Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb)

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Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) is an iconic early 15th-century Ottoman mausoleum in Bursa, Turkey, renowned for its distinctive turquoise tile-clad exterior and as the burial place of Sultan Mehmed I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman architecture
mausoleum
tomb
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Yeşil Mosque
architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture
Ottoman
Seljuk-influenced
early Ottoman
associatedWith Ottoman Interregnum
consolidation of the Ottoman state
builtFor Sultan Mehmed I
burialPlaceOf Hafsa Hatun
Mahmud Çelebi
Musa Çelebi
Mustafa Çelebi
Selçuk Hatun
Sultan Mehmed I
daughters of Mehmed I
members of the Ottoman dynasty
sons of Mehmed I
Şehzade Mahmud
citySymbolOf Bursa
commissionedBy Sultan Murad II
constructionEnd 1421
constructionStart 1421
country Turkey
denomination Sunni Islam
elevation on a hill above Bursa
era early 15th century
floorCount 2
function tomb and pilgrimage site
hasColor green
turquoise
hasDecoration Quranic inscriptions
floral tile motifs
geometric tile patterns
hasDome true
hasInteriorFeature cenotaph of Mehmed I
mihrab
multiple sarcophagi
hasMinaret false
hasPortico entrance portico
heritageSite Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn Bursa
Marmara Region
Yeşil neighborhood
historic center of Bursa
northwestern Anatolia
lowerLevelUse crypt
material brick
ceramic tile
marble
stone
turquoise tiles
notableFor calligraphic tile inscriptions
rich interior tile decoration
turquoise tile-clad exterior
wooden carved sarcophagus of Mehmed I
openToPublic true
partOf Yeşil Complex
külliye of Mehmed I
religion Islam
roofType domed roof
shape octagonal plan
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2014
upperLevelUse symbolic sarcophagi hall

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bursa
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