Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Yeşil Türbe | Turkey


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The Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) 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 tomb is part of the Yesil Külliye, a large Ottoman complex of religious buildings. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 2014 under the name Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire.

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