Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Nuruosmaniye Mosque, also known as Osmani and Nuruosmani, meaning "light of the Ottomans", is located in the district named after him. The mosque, whose construction started during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I, III. It was completed by Osman in 1755. The architect of the mosque is Mustafa Ağa.Nuruosmaniye Mosque is surrounded by a large outer courtyard with two gates. It has outbuildings such as a madrasa, soup kitchen, bookstore, muvakkit room, public fountain, and shops and an inn around it.The inner courtyard of this characteristic mosque, which was created under the influence of the Baroque style, is completely separated from the classical plan and has 14 domes sitting on 12 semicircular columns.
The actual interior of the mosque was built on a square plan and its mihrab is protruding. The high dome, which is quite wide in diameter, is supported by arches resting on the walls. The mosque is illuminated by 174 windows in five rows, which provide a lot of light to the mosque.
The windows are made of plaster and baroque style. Surah al-Fath is written in a belt at the end of the dome arches on the wall. The verses on the outside of the mosque were written by Yedikuleli-Zâde Seyyid Abdülhalim. Jali calligraphy (the name given to the large written forms of all types of writing in calligraphy) are the works of Bursa illuminator Ali Ağa and Kâtip-Zâde Mehmed Refi Efendi. Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul