The Topkapi Palace and Topkapi Palace is an extraordinary complex of buildings that extends in a beautiful location overlooking the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn on one of the seven hills of Istanbul. Here once stood the imperial palace of Constantine, which fell apart but with the collapse of the empire. After the [...]
The Topkapı Palace (Turkish: Topkapı Sarayı) or in Ottoman Turkish: طوپقپو سرايى, usually spelled “Topkapi” in English) is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans for 400 years of their 624-year reign, from 1465 to 1856. The palace was a setting for state [...]
Sultan Mehmet the Ottoman Conqueror built the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul shortly after he conquered the city in the 15th century. The palace was expanded by successive sultans, and remained the sultan’s residence for the Ottoman Empire for over 400 years. It has opulent rooms, fine art collections, and peaceful courtyards, and is one of [...]
In a spectacular landscape, guided only by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-iconoclast. Homes, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human settlement dating from the fourth century – can also be seen. Cappadocia cave protected to [...]
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