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Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Nuruosmaniye Mosque, also known as Osmani and Nuruosmani and which means "Light of the Ottoman Empire", is in the neighborhood called its own name. The mosque started to be built during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I, III. It was completed by Osman in 1755. The architect of the mosque is Mustafa Ağa.
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque is surrounded by a large outer courtyard with two doors. Madrasah, imaret, Kitabhâne, Muvakkit Room, Sebil, Çeşme, such as the outbuildings and shops around the shops and inn.
The inner courtyard of this characteristic mosque, which is formed by the influence of Baroque style, is completely separated from the classical plan and has 14 domes sitting on 12 pillar in the form of a semicircle.
The main interior of the mosque is made on the square plan and the mihrab is protruding. The high dome, which has a wide diameter, is carried by the belts sitting on the walls. The mosque is illuminated by 174 windows in five rows, which provides a lot of light to the mosque.
The windows are in plaster and baroque style. At the end of the dome belts on the wall, the Surah Fatah is written in a generation. The verses on the outside of the mosque were written by Yedikuleli-Zâde Sayyid Abdülhalim. Celi lines (the name given to the large form of all kinds of writing in calligraphy) are the works of Müzehhib Ali Ağa of Bursa and Katip-Zâde Mehmed Refi Efendi.
