Büyük Postane
MonumentFatih, İstanbul
41.0144°N · 28.9739°E
- Built
- 1909
Büyük Postane is a monument in İstanbul; The Grand Post Office (Sirkeci PTT Center) in the Sirkeci quarter of Istanbul's Fatih district is the largest post office building in Turkey.
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- 41.0144°N · 28.9739°E
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The Grand Post Office (Sirkeci PTT Center) in the Sirkeci quarter of Istanbul's Fatih district is the largest post office building in Turkey. Construction began in 1905 as the headquarters of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs and was completed in 1909. It is the first work of architect Vedat Tek and one of the earliest examples of the First National Architectural Movement; the four-storey, roughly 3,200 m² building has its corners crowned with domes.
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