World Heritage Identification Number: 1452
World Heritage since: 2014
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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Bursa and Cumalıkızık: A Historical Journey into the Birthplace of the Ottoman Empire
The City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, located in the southwestern Marmara region of Turkey, form a significant historical site known as "Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire." Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014, this serial nomination offers a unique insight into the establishment of the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
This property is a serial nomination of eight component sites in the City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, in the southern Marmara region. The site illustrates the creation of an urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. The property embodies the key functions of the social and economic organization of the new capital which evolved around a civic centre. These include commercial districts of khans, kulliyes (religious institutions) integrating mosques, religious schools, public baths and a kitchen for the poor, as well as the tomb of Orhan Ghazi, founder of the Ottoman dynasty. One component outside the historic centre of Bursa is the village of Cumalıkızık, the only rural village of this system to show the provision of hinterland support for the capital.
Encyclopedia Record: Bursa
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region after Istanbul. The province has a population of 3,238,618 while the city has a population of over 2.2 million. Bursa is one of the centers of Turkey's automotive production, becoming an industrial center of the country. The city provides various places of interest.Additional Site Details
Area: 27.467 hectares
(ii) — Significant interchange of human values
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
(vi) — Directly associated with events or living traditions
Coordinates: 40.1847305556 , 29.0623361111
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