The Topkapi Palace is the place where the borders of the world were once engineered
Last Updated: 2022-11-15It is not just a palace, but also an optical embodiment of the peak of the Ottoman Sultanate, the Topkapi Palace or the High Door, the center of decision in the Ottoman Empire and the place where the borders of the world were once engineered.
The Topkapi Palace is one of the largest and oldest historical palaces in the world, and one of the few palaces left nowadays, with its unique architecture and sections, which remain hidden from the public eye until recently.
This stunning architectural edifice, built during the reign of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, was Built in 1478 on an area of about 400,000 square meters, this stunning architectural edifice is located on a hill overlooking the Bosphorus next to the mosque of Aya Sofia, the famous Sultan Ahmet Mosque and Square, and this opened museum is designed to accommodate more than 4,000 people.
The Palace of Topkapi includes a university, a mosque and governing councils and overlooks from the court hall a small window created by the famous Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to monitor the court sessions, and from within the palace, the inner courtyard of the palace is divided into several sections, the most important of them is the Section of Haramlek palace, which consists of 400 rooms covering most of its walls by colored ceramics and was administered over the years by the Sultana, the mother of the Sultan (caliph), and was closer to the kitchen in which the legitimate heir and the sultan of the future were made.
The traditional kitchen of the palace was so large that there were more than 10,000 artifacts of porcelain and various cooking utensils.
The palace includes many rare treasures, including one of the most valuable diamonds in the world.
In the palace center there is the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, built in 1728, drawing attention to the beauty of its design and the accuracy of its implementation, while the sound of water waste adapted to the basins of roses creates a kind of psychological peace of the place
It is not just a palace, but also a golden legacy, of the holy wishes we are talking about, including the relics of Our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him, his honorable companions and the prophets) that are located in the pavilion of the Holy Secretariats.
One of the prophetic relic’s peace be upon him (verses from his blessed beard, his holy ring and his bow, in addition to his cloak), as there are in the Section of the Holy Secretariats the swords of the caliphs and the stick of Our Lord Moses.
In 1924, the Topkapi Palace became a museum for tourists and visitors, and in 1985 UNESCO classified the Topkapi Palace on the World Heritage List, and despite the breadth of meanings and vocabulary, but also those who saw not as those who heard, have you ever visited?
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