Yıldız Palace
Beşiktaş, İstanbul
41.0507°N · 29.0117°E
Yıldız Sarayı
- Built
- 1790
- Style
- Ottoman architecture
- Status
- Tentative World Heritage Site
Yıldız Palace is in Beşiktaş, İstanbul; Abdülhamid II's wooded hilltop palace complex — wood-and-glass alternative to the marble Bosphorus saraylar.
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- Location
- 41.0507°N · 29.0117°E
- Web
- muze.gen.tr
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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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9 dated records from 1790 to 2018, each with its source.
Founded
Source: Wikidata
View of the Imperial Yıldız Sarayı (palace) and the Hamidiye Camii (mosque)
No known restrictions on publication · Library of Congress, Abdul Hamid II Collection 4 more photographs from this period
No known restrictions on publication · Library of Congress, Abdul Hamid II Collection
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:Darwinek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Designated: Tentative World Heritage Site
Source: Wikidata
Renovation began
Source: Wikidata
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