Dolmabahce Palace is a grand palace on the European shore of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, built by Sultan Abdulmejid I as a modern residence to replace the old Topkapi Palace. It was designed by the Armenian architects Garabet Balyan and Nikogos Balyan, who combined European Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical styles with Ottoman traditions. The interior is lavishly decorated, with a ceremonial hall under a very large dome and a huge crystal chandelier given by Queen Victoria. It served as the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire in its later decades. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, died there in 1938, and the palace is now a museum.
Before and after
- 11 November 1855Death of Søren Kierkegaard
- 16 November 1855Livingstone sees Victoria Falls
- 1856Construction of Central Park
- 1856Construction of Tretyakov Gallery
- 1856Construction of Dolmabahçe Palace
- 1856Pottawatomie Massacre
- 1856Refrigerator
- from 1856 to 1860Second Opium War
- 1856Completion of Balmoral Castle
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