Historic building· Fatih, İstanbul
Bekirağa Bölüğü
Bekirağa Bölüğü is a historic building in Fatih, İstanbul; Bekirağa Bölüğü, officially the Istanbul Guard House (İstanbul Muhafız Dairesi), is a building designed by the architect Gaspare Fossati in 1841 and used as a prison.
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- 41.0140°N · 28.9652°E
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Bekirağa Bölüğü, officially the Istanbul Guard House (İstanbul Muhafız Dairesi), is a building designed by the architect Gaspare Fossati in 1841 and used as a prison. It is significant as the first building the Tanzimat administrators commissioned from an academically trained architect. During the Ottoman period it served as a prison first within the office of the Serasker and later within the Ministry of War.
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