French Church

The historic Protestant Church or Santa Maria French Church is the last active church in the city of Bursa; it was built prior to the 1880s by the city's Levantine community, at a time when what is now Turkey's fourth-largest city still had a predominantly Christian population.

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Type: Church
Description: church in Osmangazi District
Also known as: “Bursa Protestant Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bursa Grand Mosque and Bursa City Museum.

Bursa Grand Mosque

Mosque

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The Grand Mosque of Bursa is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to commemorate his great victory at the Battle of Nicopolis and built between 1396 and 1399. Bursa Grand Mosque is situated 530 metres northwest of French Church.

Bursa City Museum

Museum

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Bursa City Museum is situated 220 metres north of French Church.

Green Mosque

Mosque

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The Green Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before Constantinople was captured in 1453. Green Mosque is situated 760 metres east of French Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bursa and Osmangazi.

Bursa

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Bursa is a large city in the Southern Marmara region of Turkey, 20 km inland from the Marmara coast. It's the country's fourth-largest city, with a population of 2,161,990 in 2021, and with another million living in the wider metro area.

Osmangazi

Town

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Osmangazi is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 621 km2, and its population is 891,250. It is one of the central metropolitan districts of the city of Bursa, as well as the fourth largest overall municipality in Turkey.