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TOPKAPI
PALACE
The
Palace of Topkapi, or Topkapi Saray, is an extraordinary
complex of buildings spread out over one of the seven hills
of Istanbul, in a splendid site above the Sea of Marmara
and the Golden Horn. Constantine's imperial palace
once stood here until it was abandoned and fell into ruin
with the fall of the Empire. When the Turks conquered Istanbul,
Mehmet II first chose the site of the present University
as the seat for his palace, but later decided to rebuild
the palace of Topkapi, which means "gate of
the cannon". Begun in 1462, its principal parts were
finished in 1478 and it was the official seat of the Ottoman
sultans up until 1855 when Abdülmecid moved to the
new and sumptuous palace of Dolmabahce, built on
the model of the ostentatious imperial residences of the
west.
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