Kucuksu Palace or Goksu or Kucuksu Pavilion; is a palace in Anadolu Hisari Istanbul, Turkey, situated in Goksu neighborhood of Beykoz district, at the Asian shore of Bosphorus between Anadolu Hisarı and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge today. The tiny palace was used by Ottoman Sultans for short stays during country excursions and hunting.
The palace's commissioned by Sultan Abdulmecid (1823 to 1861), designed and constructed by the Armenian / Turkish architects Garabet Amira Balyan and Garabet Amira Balyan’s son Nigoğayos Balyan in baroque style. 2 storey timber palace on the waterfront here, built during the reign of I. Mahmud (1696 to 1754), by his Grand Vizier Divittar Mehmed Pasha and continued to be used by III. Selim (1561 to 1808) and II. Mahmud (1785 to 1831), gave place to the new palace, which was completed in 1857.
The building consists of 2 main stories and a basement on a ground area of 15 x 27 m. Unlike other palace gardens with high walls; its garden is enveloped by cast iron railings with a gate at each of the four side. The basement was provided for kitchen, larder, quarters for servants. The above floors reflect the design of one traditional Turkish House so that 4 rooms in the corners enveloped a hall in the middle. The rooms at the waterfront have 2 fireplaces duration other rooms having only one. The fireplaces were made out of colorful marble brought from Italy. The rooms have crystal chandeliers from Bohemia. The curtains, the coatings of the furniture and the fine carpets were woven in Hereke. The rooms and the halls exhibit valuable paintings, arts objects. Sechan, stage designer at Vienna State Opera, was charged for the decoration of the interior.
During the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz (1830 to 1876), more elaborate decoration was added to the façade. Some of the original additional buildings in the garden of the palace were demolished since then. In the beginning of the Republican era, the site was used as a state guesthouse for a few years. After a thoroughly restoration in nineteenfortyfour, Goksu Palace's open to the public as a museum today.
Address : Kucuksu Road, Anadolu Hisari / Beykoz / Istanbul / Turkey
Telephone : +90 216 332 02 37
Fax : +90 216 332 33 03