Topkapı Palace

Topkapı Palace - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Topkapı Palace (;Pronounced . ), 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 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 1465
official website: [[Historic Areas of Istanbul]]
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 356

Source: en.wikipedia.org