Osman Gazi Tomb

Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, lived between the years (1258 and 1324) AD, and was buried in the mausoleum that was built on the chapel of the Byzantine monastery. The mausoleum, which was destroyed by a fire in 1801 AD and an earthquake in 1855 AD, was restored to its current form in 1863 AD. It was built by Sultan Abdülaziz, and remained faithful to its ancient structure, which is a wooden coffin inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the center of the tomb surrounded by a balustrade decorated with mother-of-pearl, and embroidered with silver on velvet, which shows the dates of Osman Ghazi's personality, his birth, the year of rule, and death.