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Topkapi Palace Istanbul; on a finger of land at the confluence of the Bosphours, the Golden Horn and the Marmara Sea stands the Topkapi Palace, that maze of buildings that was focal point of the Otoman Empire for XI. to XIX. C.

The construction of the palace was started year in 1460 and was finished year in 1478 several years predence to the demise of Fatih Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror.

In these rich environment the sultans and their court lived and governed. A splendid thicket garden fills the outer, or first court. On the right of second court, shaded by cypress and smooth tress, stand the palace kitchens and galleries displaying the imperial collections of silver, the crystal and Chinese porcelian. Left to the Harem to secluded quarters of the wives, concubines and sultan's children, fascinating visitors with echoes of centuries of to draw attention. Today the third court holds the Hall of Audience, the bookcase fo III. Ahmet a display of imperial of imperial costumes worn by the sultans and sultan's families, the well-known jewels of the treasure and a pricelass collection of miniatures from medieval manuscript. In the center of this innermost sanctuary, the Pavilion of the Holly Mantle ensherines the relics of the Prophet Muhammed bruought to Istanbul when the Ottomans assumed the caliphate of Islam.

Address: Sultanahmet, Eminonu / Istanbul / Turkey
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