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1241
Eskihisar Castle
skihisar Castle was first mentioned in 1241 as a Byzantine fortification. The inner walls of the castle were built by the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos in the second part of the 12th century. The Byzantine Emperor of Nicaea, John III Ducas Vatatzes, built the curtain walls of the inner castle in 1241. The outer walls and the towers in the southeast corner were built during the reign of the Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos, around 1300. -
UNESCO listing Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
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.