Architecture

Topkapi Palace, Imperial Council, entrance with gilded grills

Istanbul, Turkey

Topkapı Sarayı [Turkish]
طوپقپو سرايى‎ (Ṭopḳapu Sarāyı) [Ottoman Turkish]
Kubbealtı [Turkish]
Divanhane [Turkish]
ديوان همايون (Dîvân-ı Hümâyûn) [Ottoman Turkish]
Topkapi Palace, Imperial Council, entrance with gilded grills

Architecture

structure overview
Topkapi Palace » Imperial Council
architectural element(s)
door

Architecture: Imperial Council

built
1527-1529
1665
1792
culture
Ottoman
style/period
Classical Ottoman Period, Ottoman Baroque
work type by function
administration building
material
wood, marble, porphyry
patronage
Mehmed II, "the Conqueror", Suleiman I

Architecture: Topkapi Palace

historic names
New Palace
Yeni Saray [Turkish]
Imperial New Palace
سراى جديد عامره (Saray-ı Cedîd-i Âmire) [Ottoman Turkish]
built
1459-1465
culture
Ottoman, Islamic
style/period
Classical Ottoman Period
work type by function
1478–1853
imperial palace
1853–1924
military building
1924
museum

Geography

Europe » Asia » Southern Europe » Western Asia » Turkey » Istanbul Province » Istanbul » Fatih » Cankurtaran
local language location name
İstanbul, Türkiye [Turkish]
historic location names
Istanbul
استانبول (Istānbūl) [Ottoman Turkish]
Constantinople
‎قسطنطينيه (Qusṭanṭīnīya/Ḳosṭanṭīnīye) [Ottoman Turkish]
historical affiliations
1459-1923
Ottoman Empire

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Historic Areas of Istanbul (Sultanahmet Urban Archaeological Component Area)
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, III, IV
designation
reference
356bis-001

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,311 × 3,592  pixel
45.0 × 30.4 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
perspective control, colour corrected
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