Topkapı Museum Ottomans | Istanbul, Turkey
The door was higher, which is located in Istanbul, Turkey, in the center of the rule of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853 AD and the reign of Sultan Mehmed II to Constantinople, which is Istanbul it became the capital of a huge empire
Established that the Sultan between 1475 - 1478 New Palace in Istanbul, and then added to Sultan Ahmed III in 1709 AD suites dubbed Brick Capi, after the burning of the palace and renovated dubbed Palace Brick Capi, and continued to be the palace of the Sultan and his entourage and his family and his wives, as well as a place formally to receive guests and visitors, has been the creation of this palace in 1874 AD dimensions (210 × 30 meters), was built of stone, brown color, which is a group of buildings linked by courtyards and corridors of movement and green areas, and the Palace main entrance consists of two pillars replay resemble the lighthouse called (the door of the cannon), up 15.2 meters and a width of 15.5 meters, between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara.
Museum
This consists palace from several wings serve various events, where the wing Testament, and wing mother of Sultan, and the Office of the Sultan and his ministers, as well as wing Per wife of the wives of the Sultan, in addition to the museum for gifts that given away to the Sultan, and an arena for the celebrations, and suites guards and servants.
The palace has been converted into a museum and is a wonderful example of Ottoman architecture and there is a huge variety of porcelain, robes, weapons and pictures of the Ottoman sultans, manuscripts, jewelry and treasures of the Ottoman sultans in addition to the thrones.
There is room palace secretariats holy transferred from Egypt when it was opened and there are traces of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and his sword and Asath tooth and part of his hair and one of his speeches in addition to the swords of the Companions and the keys of the Kaaba.

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