Grand Mosque of Bursa

The Ulu Cami, or Grand Mosque of Bursa, is the largest mosque in the city and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture, completed in 1399 under Sultan Bayezid I. Its interior is covered by twenty domes arranged in a grid over a forest of piers, with a fountain for ablutions placed unusually inside the prayer hall beneath a skylight. The walls are famous for large-scale calligraphic panels painted by master scribes over the centuries. As the principal Friday mosque of the first Ottoman capital, it draws worshippers and art lovers alike.