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Dolmabahçe Palace
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palace in Istanbul, Turkey
Dolmabahçe Palace is a grand 19th-century palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, that served as the primary residence of Ottoman sultans and later as an administrative center for the Turkish government. It is historically significant as a symbol of the Ottoman Empire's modernization and remains one of Turkey's most important cultural landmarks today.
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Key facts
- Type
- Palace (1853–1984)
- Architectural style
- Baroque Revival and Rococo Revival
- Location
- Istanbul , Turkey
- Client
- Ottoman sultans
- Owner
- Government of Turkey
- Architect
- Garabet Balyan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- palace
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Beşiktaş
- Location
- Istanbul
- Official website
- www.millisaraylar.gov.tr
- Image
- Palacio de Dolmabahçe, Estambul, Turquía, 2024-09-29, DD 24.jpg
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- architect
- Nigoğayos Balyan
- Commons category
- Dolmabahçe Palace
- topic's main category
- Category:Dolmabahçe Palace
- Commons gallery
- Dolmabahçe Sarayı
- date of official opening
- 1856-00-00
- inception
- 1823-00-00
- architectural style
- Ottoman architecture
- native label
- Dolmabahçe Sarayı
- located in/on physical feature
- Marmara Region
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Encyclopedic overview
Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı [doɫmabahˈtʃe saɾaˈjɯ]) is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922.
History
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