Topkapı Palace
Palace museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
About
The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Construction, ordered by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, began in 1459, six years after the conquest of Constantinople.
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Location
Open map: Topkapı Palace and 8 nearby attractions41.01300, 28.98400 · Istanbul
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Photo credits (6)
- Istanbul Archaeology Museums: Metuboy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Hagia Irene: Lenka Janochová · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Hagia Sophia: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Basilica Cistern: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Great Palace of Constantinople: Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
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