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Crystal Staircase Chandelier516 viewsNot the largest or most expensive in the palace, but nothing to sneer at.Oct 21, 2019
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Medhal (Reception Room)543 viewsThe main entrance hall, where a visit to the Dolmabahçe Palace begins. Guests would wait here to be escorted to their appointed destination by a palace protocol officer.Oct 21, 2019
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Flowerpot570 viewsThe beast adorning the rim appears to be some sort of ram-like creature, but I am unable to identify it.Oct 21, 2019
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Flowerpot Close-up684 viewsThe ram-like beast viewed from a different angle.Oct 21, 2019
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Treasury Gate739 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.Oct 21, 2019
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Bosphorus Gate608 viewsThis is the gate you enter if you arrive by water.Oct 21, 2019
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Facade of the Selamlık607 viewsThe main entrance of the palace for diplomats, officials and other visitors (in general for uncastrated males).Oct 21, 2019
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Palace Garden689 viewsThe site was a garden before the palace was built; the name Dolmabahçe means "filled-in garden", and it's highly appropriate.Oct 21, 2019
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Garden Fountain624 viewsIn front of the Selamlık, the public wing of the palace.Oct 21, 2019
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Lamppost593 viewsPerhaps the most elegant I've seen. The Dolmabahçe Palace was among the first in Europe to get gas lighting.Oct 21, 2019
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Masked Man582 viewsAttila warned us that there was a danger of avian flu and told us that we should wear masks to Aya Sophia. I had brought some surgical masks to wear on airplane flights, so this was an opportunity to make good use of them.Oct 20, 2019
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Turkish Labyrinth571 viewsSandie was late returning to the agreed-upon rendezvous, and I feared that she would become lost in the Grand Bazaar and end up in a harem, enslaved by the janissaries. But luckily she showed up just in time.Oct 20, 2019
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