Dolmabahce Palace Museum; was the residence of the last 6 Ottoman Sultans. The Palace was built in the mid-19th century by order of Sultan Abdul Mecit I. The Sultan’s architect was given the order that building should “ surpass the palace of any potentate anywhere in the world.” The architect certainly fulfilled the order! The facade of the palace stretches for more than 1.200-feet on European shores of the Bosphorus. Its vast reception salon, with 56 columns and a huge crystal chandelier, weighting four and a half tons and lit by 750 lights, never fails to astonish visitors.
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