Visit to the Tomb of Osman & Orhan Gazi in Bursa, Turkiye

My trip to Bursa, Turkiye particulary to the famous of tomb of Osman and Orhan Gazi took 1 day. A travel from Istanbul to Bursa by land or connecting through shipping lines. I booked my tour from a local tour operator in Istanbul a day before the trip.

Tombs of Osman and Orhan Gazi are of the most important and greatest shrines.. Not only in Bursa, but also in Turkey and the Islamic world. This is because Osman Gazi and his son Orhan are the main founders of the Ottoman Empire, which is one of the greatest empires in history.

Tomb of Orhan Gazi
Orhan Gazi is son of Osman Gazi and conqueror of Bursa. This structure, which shelters the tomb of Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi (1281-1362), who conquered Bursa in 1326, is built where the church of St. Elias Monastery, known to have been existing in this place in the 11th century. There are some mosaics, remains of the Byzantine period, traces of which are still found today in this mausoleum’s flooring, proving the existence of this church. This structure was completely destroyed in the 1855 earthquake, and re-built by Sultan Abdulaziz in 1863. The mausoleum of Orhan Gazi being built on its old location has a square plan.

There are 20 sarcophagis inside this mausoleum. The sarcophagus of Orhan Gazi is situated in the centre of the mausoleum, on a marble base, and surrounded by a lattice made of cast brass. Inside this mausoleum, there furthermore are the sarcophagi of Nilufer Hatun, the wife of Orhan Gazi, of Shehzade Kasım, the son of Orhan Gazi, of Fatma Sultan, the daughter of Yıldırım Bayezid, of Abdullah, the son of Cem Sultan, as well as of Shehzade Korkut, the son of Bayezid II. The names of those persons buried in the other sarcophagi are unknown.

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