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Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
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Alparslan
December 30, 2021
Palace of Porphyrogenitus [Tekfur Sarayı in Turkish] is the best preserved Byzantine palace surviving in Istanbul. Tekfur Sarayı served as a Byzantine imperial palace until 1453, the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans. In the 18th century, a ceramic tile workshop was established here and it produced ceramic and ceramic tiles until the mid-nineteenth century. Amazing facts about the Tekfur Sarayı: + + + The world famous 86 carats Kaşıkçı Diamond (The Spoonmaker’s Diamond) -exhibited at the Topkapı Palace Museum- was first found in the garbage debris of the Tekfur Sarayı in 1699. + + + Ceramic tiles produced in Tekfur Palace workshop can be seen at Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Mosque located in Fatih, Istanbul.
Palace of Porphyrogenitus [Tekfur Sarayı in Turkish] is the best preserved Byzantine palace surviving in Istanbul. Tekfur Sarayı served as a Byzantine imperial palace until 1453, the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans. In the 18th century, a ceramic tile workshop was established here and it…
Ozgur
March 24, 2015
The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı, is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople.
Ahmed
September 8, 2022
Tekfur Palace is the only palace to survive from the Blaherne Palace complex in Istanbul. It is located in Edirnekapi district within the boundaries of Fatih District in Istanbul; The thick-walled palace, built adjacent to the land walls and situated between Edirnekapı and Eğrikapı, is called “Tekfur Palace”.
Firat
March 30, 2015
The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Greek: τὰ βασίλεια τοῦ Πορφυρογεννήτου), known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı ("Palace of the Sovereign"),[1] is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace
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