Beylerbeyi Palace
The Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: Beylerbeyi Sarayı, literally meaning the palace of the bey of beys) is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Asian side of the Bosphorus. An imperial Ottoman summer residence built between 1861 and 1865, it is now situated immediately north of the first Bosphorus Bridge. It was the last place where Sultan Abdulhamid II was under house arrest before his death in 1918.
| Beylerbeyi Palace | |
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A view of Beylerbeyi Palace from the Bosporus | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Ottoman, Second Empire |
| Town or city | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkiye |
| Construction started | 1861 |
| Client | Sultan Abdülaziz |
| Owner | Turkish state |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | main palace, pavilions and gardens |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Hagop Balyan, Sarkis Balyan |
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