Green Mosque

The Green Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex in eastern Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before Constantinople was captured in 1453.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Bursa Green Mosque”, “Green Mosque, Bursa”, “Groene Moskee”, “Yesil Cami”, “Yesil camii”, “Yesil moskee”, “Yeşil moskee”, “Йешил мечеть”, “الجامع الأخضر ببورصة”, “جامع السلطان محمد الأول”, “جامع السلطان محمد الأول جلبي”, “مسجد سبز ترکیه”, “يشيل جامع”, and “یشیل جامع”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Green Tomb and Beyazıt Paşa Mosque.

Tomb
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The is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in , .

Historic building
Photo: Mustafa DUMAN, CC BY 3.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 200 metres east of Green Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a in , . is situated 550 metres east of Green Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bursa and Osmangazi.

Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large city in the region of Turkey, 20 km inland from the Marmara coast.

Town
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Green Mosque.

Green Mosque

Latitude
40.18219° or 40° 10′ 56″ north
Longitude
29.07465° or 29° 4′ 29″ east
Open location code
8GGF53JF+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 337880066
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q1549086
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Green Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأخضر”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bursa Yeşil Cami”
  • Bashkir: “Йәшел мәсет”
  • Bengali: “সবুজ মসজিদ (বুরসা)”
  • Bengali: “সবুজ মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Verda (Bursa)”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Verda”
  • Chinese: “绿色清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Yeşil Camii”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجامع الاخضر”
  • French: “mosquée Verte”
  • French: “Mosquée verte”
  • German: “Grüne Moschee”
  • Greek: “Πράσινο Τζαμί στην Προύσα”
  • Greek: “Πράσινο Τζαμί”
  • Hindi: “हरी मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Hijau Bursa”
  • Japanese: “イェシル・ジャーミィ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Yeşil”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Јешил”
  • Persian: “مسجد یشیل”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Verde”
  • Russian: “Зеленая мечеть”
  • Russian: “Зелёная мечеть”
  • Slovenian: “Zelena mošeja, Bursa”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Verde”
  • Turkish: “Yeşil Cami”
  • Turkish: “Yeşil Camii”
  • Udmurt: “Вож мечеть”
  • Urdu: “سبز مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Yashil masjid (Bursa)”
  • Uzbek: “Yashil masjid”
  • Western Mari: “Ыжар мечеть”
  • Western Mari: “Ыжаргы мечеть”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Yeşil Çarşı and observation deck on the city.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: SULTAN ÇELEBİ MEHMED (YEŞİL) KÜLLİYESİ and Bursa.

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