Eski Saray
| Eski Saray "Old Palace" | |
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| Alternative names | Sarây-ı Atîk-i Âmire |
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| Location | Ottoman Empire, Istanbul (Turkey) |
| Construction started | 1453 |
| Construction stopped | 1455 - 1458 |
| Client | Mehmed II |
Eski Saray (Turkish for "Old Palace"), also known as Sarây-ı Atîk-i Âmire, was a palatial building in Constantinople under the Ottoman Empire in the Beyazıt neighborhood of the Fatih district, between the Süleymaniye Mosque and the Bayezid II Mosque
Construction of the palace began shortly after the 1453 conquest and was completed in 1458. Historians of the period including Doukas and Michael Critobulus stated that it was completed in 1455.[1]
Evliya Çelebi stated in his Seyahatnâme that the construction of the palace began in 1454 on the site of an old church and that the palace was surrounded by a solid rectangular wall covered with a blue lead that had a perimeter of 12,000 arşın, approximately equivalent to 9 kilometres (5.6 mi).[2]
Historian Tursun Beg, a contemporary of Mehmed II, mentioned that the palace housed mansions, a harem, the Imperial Council, the throne room where the Sultan carried out state affairs, and its grounds included an area for hunting.[1]
In 1625-1632 under Murad IV the palace was restored, and in 1687 much of it burned down.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Denknalbant Çobanoğlu, Ayşe; Ermiş, Ü. Melda; Parlak, Sevgi; Tuncer, Akın (2014). "İstanbul Üniversitesi Merkez Kampüsü'nde Bulunan Taş Eserler – The Architectural Sculptures at the Main Campus of Istanbul University". Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı (in Turkish) (25): 1–46. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020.
- ^ Atsız, Nihal (2011). Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesi'nden Seçmeler (in Turkish). Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat. ISBN 978-975-437-850-4.
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