Beylerbeyi Palace

The Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: Beylerbeyi Sarayı) is a 19th-century Ottoman palace located in the Beylerbeyi neighborhood of Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, on the Asian shore of the Bosporus. Commissioned by Sultan Abdulaziz and completed between 1861 and 1865, the palace served as a summer residence and a place to host foreign dignitaries. Its design combines European architectural influences, particularly Neo-Baroque, with traditional Ottoman interior decoration. Today, it functions as a museum open to the public.

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Beylerbeyi Palace ranks #373 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 126 mapped in Turkey. Founded 1865, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 9,172 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 23 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Istanbul, 8 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.

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