Nilüfer Hatun Imareti (İznik, Turkey)

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Nilüfer Hatun Imareti (İznik, Turkey)
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Wikidata: Q18353535
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Nilüfer Hatun Imareti (Turkish for "Nilüfer Hatun's Soup Kitchen"), a convent annex hospice for dervishes, now housing the Iznik Museum in İznik, Bursa Province, Turkey. This elegant building was erected in 1388 for Murad I who dedicated it to his later mother Nilüfer Hatun. During Murad's reign Nilüfer s recognized as Valide Hatun, the first in Ottoman history to hold this title, and when she died she was buried beside her consort Orhan Gazi in Bursa.

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