This mosque was built in 1339, just 13 years after the conquest of the city by the Orhan, son of Osman who captured Bursa and made it the first Ottoman capital. The mosque has been repeatedly restored. It has a T-form ground plan.

On the picture: The Orhan Camii seen from the southeast.
On the left: the esplanade of ‘Orhangazi Parkı’, and the two minarets of the Ulu Cami.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Numerous personal visits to Bursa (between 1979 and 2002).