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Home > Adventures Abroad > Turkey 2006 > Dolmabahçe Palace, 4/1/2006 Dolmabahçe Palace, 4/1/2006 Gate of the Sultan691 viewsApproaching the Saltanat Kapısı (Sultan's Gate) at Dolmabahçe Palace. Palace Guard740 viewsThe guard in front of the Sultan's Gate stands in his spotless dress uniform, perfectly rigid, unmoving, unblinking. Reminded me of the KGB guards at Lenin's Tomb in Moscow. Changing of the Guard696 viewsOne guard relieves another at the Sultan's Gate. Treasury Gate808 viewsThe Treasury Gate resembles the Sultain's Gate but is smaller and is double-sided (the curved wings form an "X"); it is located on the north side of the palace grounds and closed to public access. Palace Garden713 viewsMuch attention and care was devoted to the flowers growing on the grounds of the Dolmabahçe Palace, and the flowers showed their appreciation. Palace Garden758 viewsThe site was a garden before the palace was built; the name Dolmabahçe means "filled-in garden", and it's highly appropriate. Lamppost694 viewsPerhaps the most elegant I've seen. The Dolmabahçe Palace was among the first in Europe to get gas lighting. Bosphorus Gate710 viewsThis is the gate you enter if you arrive by water. Birdbath648 viewsThis exquisite garden fixture appears to be something like a birdbath, but there was no placard to indicate its purpose. Garden Fountain708 viewsThe elaborate and beautiful fountain in front of the entrance to the Selamlık (public section) of the Dolmabahçe palace. Garden Fountain700 viewsIn front of the Selamlık, the public wing of the palace. 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