İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri

48 m · Darphane-i Amire, located in Fatih, Istanbul, is one of the oldest institutions of the Ottoman Empire and is situated in the first courtyard of Topkapı Palace. It became the place where Ottoman coins were minted after Sultan Mehmed II's conquest of Istanbul. This complex, spanning 17 decares, was built as a mint building in 1727 by Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha. Darphane-i Amire is within walking distance of Hagia Sophia (264 m), Topkapı Palace (220 m), and Sultanahmet Mosque (709 m). The nearest public transport is Gülhane tram stop (240 m).

78 m · The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace. These museums house over one million objects from nearly all periods and civilizations in world history.

94 m · The Museum of the Ancient Orient is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey, and part of the Istanbul Archaeology Museums complex, located opposite the main Archaeology Museum building. The museum is housed in the former building of the Ottoman College of Fine Arts, commissioned by Osman Hamdi Bey and designed by Alexandre Vallaury in 1883. The museum itself was established in 1935 in its current building, following the moving of the College in 1916.

98 m · Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, sometimes known also as Saint Irene, is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It is the oldest known church structure in the city and one of only two Byzantine churches still standing in Istanbul today that were never converted into mosques, alongside the Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols, as it was used as an arsenal for storing weapons until the 19th century. The Hagia Irene now operates as a museum and concert hall.

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160 m · The Tiled Kiosk is a pavilion set within the outer walls of Topkapı Palace and dates from 1472 as shown on the tile inscript above the main entrance. It was built by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II as a pleasure palace or kiosk. It is located in the most outer parts of the palace, next to Gülhane Park. It was also called Glazed Kiosk.

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190 m · The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Construction, ordered by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, began in 1459, six years after the conquest of Constantinople.

229 m · Bâb-ı Hümâyûn, built by Fatih Sultan Mehmed in 1478, is the monumental main entrance gate of Topkapı Palace. It played a central role both architecturally and politically as the starting point for ceremonies and the reception area for ambassadors during the Ottoman Empire. The gate is within walking distance of Hagia Sophia (111 m), Sultanahmet Mosque (548 m), and Topkapı Palace (349 m). The nearest public transport is Cankurtaran train stop (369 m).

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253 m · Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church (360–1453) and a museum (1935–2020). The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537, becoming the world's largest interior space and among the first to employ a fully pendentive dome. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture". From its dedication in 360 until 1453, Hagia Sophia served as the cathedral of Constantinople in the Byzantine liturgical tradition, except for the period 1204–1261 when the Latin Crusaders installed their own hierarchy. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, it served as a mosque, having its minarets added soon after. The site became a museum in 1935, and was redesignated as a mosque in 2020.

255 m · The Procession Kiosk is a 16th-century historical building into the outer walls of the Gülhane Park next to Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was used by the Ottoman sultans to receive the salute of processing janissary as well as a pleasure locale. The building is situated across the Sublime Porte.

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278 m · The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III is a fountain in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built under Ottoman sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the style of the Tulip period. It was a social centre and gathering place during the Ottoman period of Constantinople.

282 m · Kubbealtı or Divanhane, located in the second courtyard of Topkapı Palace, is the place where the grand vizier and other statesmen held Dîvân-ı Hümâyun meetings in the Ottoman Empire. Here, state affairs were discussed and decided.

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325 m · The Gate of Felicity is a gate of Topkapı Palace. The Gate of Felicity, which we encounter after the Imperial Council and is located at the end of the Divan Courtyard, is the geçiş kapısı from the second courtyard to the third courtyard. Due to its symbolic feature, the most important gate of the palace is Bâb-üs Saade.

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