مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Plans of Bursa Green Mosque and its Tomb, Drawn Following the 1855 Bursa Earthquake, and the Restoration Work Carried out by Leon Parvillée

Abstract :

Bursa had many Ottoman structures as it had been one of the capital cities of the Ottoman State. The buildings, known as the Green Mosque and Green Tomb due to the colour of their tiles, in the complex built for Çelebi Mehmed are the best-known examples. These buildings, which include rich examples of stonework, tilework, plasterwork, metalwork and woodwork, since their construction have been subject to various repairs. They were damaged in the great earthquake in Bursa in 1855. From historical sources it is known that after the 1855 earthquake repairs did not become intensive until 1863 with the main repair works begining with the appointment to Bursa of Ahmed Vefik Pasha in 1863. One of the interesting points of these restorations is that French artist Leon Parvillée came to Bursa for these repair works. The artist not only participated in the repairs made to the Green Mosque and Tomb and although together with Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Leon Parvillée undertook much work in Bursa the nature of the repairs made are not fully known today. In the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministry, there is a dateless plan with a note stating it was prepared after an earthquake. This article concerns the plan was made of both the Green Mosque and Tomb and that it records differences from the existing plans of these buildings.