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Topkapi palace. The most famous palace in istanbul. 'Must see' attraction.
Overlooks the Istanbul Bosphorus and the Marmara Sea. It is a maze of buildings that was once the great palace of the ottoman sultan from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The first courtyard is a magnificent wooden garden. To the right of the second court, shaded by cypress and plane trees is the palace kitchen, now housing an exquiste collection of crystal, silver and Chinese procelain, while on the left is the Harem, the secluded quarters of wives and concubines of the sultan. the third court contains the Audience Hall of the sultan, the Library of Sultan Ahmet III, an exhibition of robes worn by sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury and finally, an exhibition of miniatures. In the center of the third court is the Pavilion of the Holy Mantle, enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. Topkapi Palace where Ottoman Sultans lived and governed until the 19th Century; and Suleymaniye Mosque built on the order of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. The site of the Topkapi Palace was originally the acropolis of the Byzantium. The earlier palace was called the New Place, Saray-i-Cedit. Later with several additions along the shores of Bosphorus, it became to be known as the Topkapi Palace. The complex cover s an area of 700,000 square meters. Different parts of the palace have been altered several times, alterations were made almost by every sultan. This complex was city in its own walls. Kitchens were built by the famous architect Sinan in the sixteenth century to feed 5,000 persons per day, 10,000 on holidays.
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