As an important historic city, the establishment of the city of Bursa dates back to 185 BC. Other than being one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire, the city of Bursa has edifices from different civilizations such as Roman Empire, Byzantium, Seljukids, etc. Therefore there are many architectural sources that can be found for the city itself that has been prepared in different time periods.
Muradiye district has been an important settlement area throughout the history of the city of Bursa. The social and economical importance of the area can be identified through the historic buildings that can be found today, including four mosques one of which is the Muradiye Mosque that is part of Ottoman Period Muradiye Complex with 12 tomb buildings, a hamam building and a medrese. Other than the monumental buildings, Muradiye district has many examples of historic dwellings constructed with traditional timber frame structures that are situated in an organic street pattern following the topography.This area is very important to understand Ottoman’s architectural identity.
On the other hand,there are many old silk factories in this area.Sericulture, was an universal culture, improved and expanded by training and practice. The Silk Road,which connected Asia and Europe, is an outcome of this culture. The legendary road created a lively commercial and cultural development at its stopping points. Bursa, once the capital of the Ottoman Empire,became an important sericulture center on the Silk Road during the fourteenth century and preserved its importance until mid twentieth century.During the nineteenth century, Ottomans started to provide raw silk for the silk weaving industry in Europe. The demand for semi-finished products urged the import of technology from Europe, resulting in the establishment of many steam-powered silk factories in Bursa.In the early years of the Turkish Republic, the weaving sector in the city was revived.With this new impetus, new units were added to steam-powered silk factories of the nineteenth century. The sericulture activities in the city came to an end about 1980 with import of cheaper silk from the Far East. There are eleven redundant silk factories within the historic city of Bursa. These factories are under the risk of total extinction due to neglect or modifications. I believed that, it should be protected by authorized and voluntary people.
Historical buildings, which give people information about the cultural, artistic, social,and economic states of communities, have faced interventions, by people or nature. Many ways have been developed for conservation of historical buildings and trying to keep them in their original situation; however only conservation of architectural monuments is not always sufficient and they also have to be used by giving them suitable functions.
Finally,the transmission of architectural heritage in cities to successive generations has great importance in preserving the cultural collective memories of cities.The survival of examples of architectural heritage, that are designed to meet certain needs in different periods, depends on both the improvement of their physical conditions and the transformation of their functions according to changing needs.
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