"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." -http://whc.unesco.org/
Got this almost 4 years ago from Onur. ^-^
Thanks Onur!
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