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Yıldız Palace
Yıldız Sarayı
Yıldız Palace is a other in Beşiktaş, İstanbul; Abdülhamid II's wooded hilltop palace complex — wood-and-glass alternative to the marble Bosphorus saraylar.
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- 41.0507°N · 29.0117°E
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Abdülhamid II's wooded hilltop palace complex — wood-and-glass alternative to the marble Bosphorus saraylar.
Editor's Note
Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th century, serving as the principal Ottoman palace especially during the reign of Abdülhamid II.
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5 19th-century photographs of this place survive.
The steam fire engine belonging to the Fire Brigade unit from the Imperial Military classes, stationed at the Imperial Yıldız Sarayı (palace)
More period photographs (4)
Source: Library of Congress, II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu. No known restrictions on publication.
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