# Green Tomb > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Tomb > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Tomb.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tomb > Source revision: 1295531414 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Mausoleum in Turkey Green Tomb Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe) Religion Affiliation Islam Location Location Bursa, Turkey Interactive map of Green Tomb Coordinates 40°10′53″N 29°04′29″E / 40.18139°N 29.07472°E / 40.18139; 29.07472 Architecture Type Türbe Style Islamic, Ottoman architecture Completed 1421 Specifications Dome height (outer) 25 m Materials stone, tiles, marble The **Green Tomb** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Yeşil Türbe*) is a mausoleum of the fifth [Ottoman Sultan](/source/Ottoman_Dynasty), [Mehmed I](/source/Mehmed_I), in [Bursa](/source/Bursa), [Turkey](/source/Turkey). It was built by Mehmed's son and successor [Murad II](/source/Murad_II) following the death of the sovereign in 1421. The architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha designed the tomb and the [Yeşil Mosque](/source/Ye%C5%9Fil_Mosque) opposite to it.[1] In addition to the sultan's sarcophagus, it contains seven other tombs: those of his sons [Mustafa](/source/K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk_Mustafa), Mahmud and Yusuf, his daughters [Selçuk](/source/Sel%C3%A7uk_Hatun), Ayşe and Sitti and his wet nurse (Daye Hatun). ## Architecture Green Mosque of Bursa Set amid cypresses on top of the hill in the Yeşil neighborhood in [Bursa](/source/Bursa%2C_Turkey), 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 the green-blue tiles that give it its name. A majority of the tiles were replaced by contemporary [Kütahya](/source/K%C3%BCtahya) tiles following damage in the [1855 Bursa earthquake](/source/1855_Bursa_earthquake).[2] The entry portal is crowned with a semi-umbrella vault and has [muqarnas](/source/Muqarnas) niches above marble seats on both side of the entrance. [İznik](/source/%C4%B0znik) 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. It is richly decorated with scriptures and flower designs painted in yellow, white and blue [glazed tiles](/source/Chinese_glazed_roof_tile). The lower section of walls is lined with blue-green tiles, also used in [tympana](/source/Tympanum_(architecture)) of windows on the interior. The muqarnas niche of [mihrab](/source/Mihrab) on the [qibla](/source/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](/source/Hyacinth_(plant)). The [chandelier](/source/Chandelier) and the colored glass windows are later additions. - Decoration above entrance - Decoration on the wall - Mihrab and part of dome - Green Tomb from outside - Above entrance to tomb - Grave of Mehmet I - Top side of grave of Mehmet I - Grave of Mehmet I in the Green Tomb ## See also - [Ali Tabrizi](/source/Ali_Tabrizi) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ArchNet.org - [Biography of Haci Ivaz Pasha](http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=627) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070311040525/http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=627) 2007-03-11 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Tile with arabesque decoration \[Anatolia (Bursa)\] (1998.246) | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/ho/08/waa/hod_1998.246.htm) ## References - ["Green Tomb, Bursa, Turkey"](http://archnet.org/sites/1918). ArchNet.org. Retrieved 16 February 2015. - Baykal, Kazim. *Bursa ve Anitlari*. Türkiye Anit Çevre Turizm Degerlerini Koruma Vakfi: 1982, Istanbul. (Edited reprint of original from 1950) . - Goodwin, Godfrey. *A History of Ottoman Architecture*. Thames and Hudson: London, 1997 (reprint of 1971). - Gabriel, Albert. *Une Capitale Turque, Brousse, Bursa*. Paris, E. de Boccard, 1958. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Green Tomb](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Green_Tomb). - [Green Tomb](https://web.archive.org/web/20150205021922/http://www.waitmeturkey.com/green-tomb-bursa.html) - ArchNet.org - [Photos of the Green Tomb](https://web.archive.org/web/20050903172139/http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=4276) - [70 pictures of the tomb](http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/bluetomb) v t e Ottoman architecture Historical stages Early Ottoman architecture Classical Ottoman architecture Tulip Period architecture Ottoman Baroque architecture Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries First national architectural movement (See also: Ottoman decoration) Other regional styles Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Egypt Palestine Serbia Tunisia Mosques Istanbul Altunizade Mosque Atik Valide Mosque Ayazma Mosque Bayezid II Mosque Beylerbeyi Mosque Büyükdere Kara Mehmet Kethüda Mosque Çinili Mosque Dolmabahçe Mosque Eyüp Sultan Mosque Fatih Mosque Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque Haseki Sultan Mosque Hırka-i Şerif Mosque Laleli Mosque Mahmut Pasha Mosque Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) Muradiye Complex Murat Pasha Mosque Nışançı Mehmed Pasha Mosque Nuruosmaniye Mosque Ortaköy Mosque Piyale Pasha Mosque Şehzade Mosque Selimiye Mosque Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Büyükçekmece) Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Kadırga) Sultanahmet Mosque Süleymaniye Mosque Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque Yavuz Selim Mosque Yeni Valide Mosque (Eminönü) Yeni Valide Mosque (Üsküdar) Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque Other cities Ali Pasha Mosque Bajrakli Mosque Bayezid I Mosque Behram Pasha Mosque Bursa Grand Mosque Çapanoğlu Mosque Dzhumaya Mosque Emir Sultan Mosque Esmahan Sultan Mosque Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque Ferhadija Mosque Ferhat Pasha Mosque (Banja Luka) Ferhat Pasha Mosque (Sarajevo) Fethiye Mosque (Athens) Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque Green Mosque of Bursa (Yeşil Mosque) Green Mosque of İznik Hadum Mosque Haji Özbek Mosque Hüdavendigar Mosque Ibrahim Pasha Mosque İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque Juma-Jami Mosque Karađoz Bey Mosque Kasım Pasha Mosque Muradiye Complex (Bursa) Muradiye Mosque (Edirne) Murat Pasha Mosque Old Mosque of Edirne Orhan Gazi Mosque Osman Shah Mosque Selimiye Mosque Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren) Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Lüleburgaz) Sulayman Pasha Mosque Suleymaniye Mosque Tombul Mosque Tzistarakis Mosque Üç Şerefeli Mosque Veled-i Yaniç Mosque Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque Madrasas Büyük Aga Medrese Caferağa Medrese Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa Rüstem Pasha Medrese Türbes (tombs) Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe) Tomb of Abdul Hamid I Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa Tomb of Turhan Sultan Caravanserais Büyük Han Büyük Valide Han Büyük Yeni Han Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai Kapan Han Khan al-Umdan Khan As'ad Pasha Koza Han Kürkçü Han Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Edirne) Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Ereğli) Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Erzurum) Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai Hospitals Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Bridges Arslanagić Bridge Mostar Bridge Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge Uzunköprü Bridge Fortifications Ajyad Fortress Anadoluhisarı Depedogen Castle of Kars Kilitbahir Castle Rumelihisarı Yedikule Fortress Kalemegdan Yeni-Kale Palaces Azm Palace Beylerbeyi Palace Çırağan Palace Dolmabahçe Palace Eski Saray Grand Serail Hatice Sultan Palace Ishak Pasha Palace Topkapi Palace Yıldız Palace Clock towers Büyük Saat Dolmabahçe Clock Tower Etfal Hospital Clock Tower İzmir Clock Tower İzmit Clock Tower Jaffa Clock Tower Nusretiye Clock Tower Yıldız Clock Tower Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar) Tophane Fountain Sultan Mahmut Fountain Hammams Bayezid II Hamam Bey Hamam Büyük Hamam Cağaloğlu Hamam Čifte Hammam Davud Pasha Hamam Çemberlitaş Hamam Hürrem Sultan Hamam Király Baths Mahmut Pasha Hamam Ömeriye Baths Süleymaniye Hamam Tahtakale Hamam Rudas Baths other monuments Köprülü Library Mihrişah Sultan Complex Nilüfer Hatun Imareti Imaret (Kavala) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Green Tomb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tomb) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tomb?action=history)). 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