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In our 1 Things to do in Bursa article, we mostly talked about the flavors unique to Bursa. In this article, we have created a content especially on the places to visit.

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Fountain Inn

Located in the historical Kayhan Bazaar, Şadırvanlı Han was built in the late 19th century. The work, which has an area of approximately 600 m2 together with the shops within the same parcel, is known as “Şadırvanlı Han” due to its two-storey wooden inn structure and the fountain known to have existed in the past in its courtyard.

Until the recent past, Şadırvanlı Han played an important role in an area where active trade was carried out within the Historic Kayhan Bazaar, using the lower floor for shops and the upper floor for accommodation. With the restoration work carried out, this inn, which is one of the small-scale modest wooden inns, whose number has decreased greatly, has been brought back to trade life and our cultural heritage.

Functioning as a socio-cultural facility, the inn has classrooms and meeting halls where various courses can be offered. This inn is one of the focal points of the city, where young people spend quality time and meet the social and cultural needs of many students thanks to the training and courses provided.

Cumhuriyet Caddesi

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the accession of the 34th Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II to the throne, many works and events were carried out simultaneously in Bursa. The inauguration of the Hamidiye Fountain in Temenyeri and the restoration of the Hüdavendigar and Orhan mosques are some of them.

In 1906, during the governorship of Mahmut Mümtaz Reşit Pasha (1093-1096), “Hamidiye Street” was opened in the name of Sultan Abdülhamid II. Both the western and eastern entrances of the street were built with a police station that has not survived and a fountain modeled after the “Tiled Fountain” built in Ulucami in 1903. With the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy II, the street was renamed Meşrutiyet Caddesi and in 1926 it was renamed Cumhuriyet Caddesi.

In January 2011, the street was closed to vehicle traffic and in May 2011, the Noltalgic Tramway, which starts from Cumhuriyet Street and continues until Yıldırım District, was put into service.

Karacabey Issız Han

It is located on the northern shore of Lake Ulubat near the village of Seyran in the Karacabey district, about 65 km. west of Bursa. Since Roman times, this was an important point on the road from Izmir to Istanbul. The building is one of the many similar caravanserais on the trade routes in Anatolia, especially from the Seljuk period. The importance of Issız Han is that it is an early Ottoman period building that bears the architectural characteristics of Seljuk caravanserais. According to the two-line Arabic inscription in an intricate sülüs calligraphy inside the arch over the front door, it was built in 797 (1394-95) by Celâleddin Eyne Bey b. Felek Meliküddin. Celâleddin Bey, who served as the subashi of Balıkesir-Karesi and was one of the commanders of the Battle of Kosovo I, died in 808 (1405) in the battle between Şehzade Süleyman and Îsâ Bey in Ulubat.

Irgandı Bridge

It was built in 1442, during the reign of Murad II, by Hodja Muslihuddin, son of Ali. Hodja Muslihuddin was an important merchant of the period who sold the silk he bought from Azerbaijan to Italian merchants. It is known that merchants also built buildings for commercial purposes within the scope of the construction activities that played a role in the process of Bursa becoming an important trade center in the 15th century. The Irgandı Bridge with its arastasi on top and the stables and warehouses within the main structure of the bridge is one of them. The architect of the bridge is known as Abdullah son Timurtaş.

It is one of the four bazaar bridges in the world, along with the Vecchio and Rialto Bridges in Italy and the Osma Bridge in Bulgaria.

It is the third of the bridges from top to bottom on Gökdere, which connects the city center to the east.

It is known that the bridge was masonry when it was first built, and that there were a total of 31 shops, including 16 sections on each side, 1 masjid, and warehouses and stables at its feet.

Kadı (Perşembe) bath

Before 1490, it was built by Hacı Hasanzade Kazasker Mustafa Efendi to generate income for his mosque and madrasah in Haydar, Istanbul. The bath was called “Kadı Hamamı” (Kadi Bath) because Mustafa Efendi built the bath during his tenure as a kadi in Bursa and most of the trustees (foundation officers) were kadi and hodja. The bath is also known as “Perşembe Hamamı” or “Hamam-ı Atik”.

The small-scale building is a “single” bath with a rectangular plan in the east-west direction. The cold part of the bath, which has not survived to the present day, consists of warmth, temperature, halvet, water tank and ashtray (hearth) sections.

The building was repaired in the 1980s and turned into a bazaar and surrounded by shops.

Nilüfer Peasant Market

Iznik Süleyman Pasha Madrasa (Tile Bazaar)

It was built by Süleyman Pasha, the eldest son of Orhan Bey.

Evliya Çelebi mentions the teaching buildings in Iznik as follows: “Although it has seven madrasas, the Suleyman Pasha Madrasah is superior to all of them and has darülhadis (places where the science of Hadith is taught) and darülkuura-ı mahsusu (places where the sciences of the Qur’an are taught).”

In accordance with the original character of early Ottoman architecture, it was built in a U-shaped plan without being influenced by Seljuk architecture. Spolia materials were also used in the madrasah.

Şengül Hamam (Gümüşçüler Bazaar)

The bath was built by Yıldırım Bayezid in the 14th century, together with the Great Mosque, Vaiziye Madrasah and Yıldırım Bedesten, as part of a complex.

It is of small scale and single bath type. It has a rectangular plan and consists of coldness and warmth sections. There is a water tank and ashtray (hearth) in the west of the bath, which operates with a heating system.

It continued to function as a bathhouse until the 1930s. The building was last repaired in the 1980s. Today it serves as a silversmith bazaar.

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