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Cumalikizik Village in Bursa - Turkey CUMALIKIZIK : One of the most priceless civil masterpieces of countryside, Cumalıkızık was built as a foundation village in piedmont of Uludag , Bursa during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi ( 1326 - 1360 ). Absolutely, that splendid structure which includes total 270 homes ( 60 of them are still livable today), reflects Ottoman Style and it has protected its historical tissue since in the past . FEATURES : However the words fail to define Cumalıkızık , it can be said that several main features describe the fascinating historic space. There was turned out a church belonging to the East Rome ( Byzantine Era ) in the southeast of the Cumalıkızık settlement in 1969 .  At the present, the ruins of that chapel are kept in Bursa Archaeology Museum .  Situated on approximately the area of ten hectares , the magnigicent location was called as ‘’ Kızık ’’ because it was foun...