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The Beylerbeyi palace
was built between 1861-1865 by Sultan Abdulaziz and is located in
the Asian side of Istanbul on the eastern shore of the Bosphorus. It
is much smaller than Dolmabahce palace and it was the Sultans'
summer palace. There is no heating in the palace and the floor was
covered with straw bought specially from Egypt. The palace was built
in a luxurious and sumptuously neoclassic style that can be noticed
as soon as one enters.
Sultan Abdulaziz loved ships. During his reign the Turkish navy was
second in the world only to that of England. The Sultan's passion
for ships can be observed by the strong naval motif in the
decorations and the many paintings of ships
Very illustrious and distinguished persons were guests of the
Sultan, among them the French Emperor Eugenie, Nasruddin the Shah of
Persia and the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia.
Surrounding the palace there was an area of 160,000 square meters of
comprising a hunting area, a zoo and a garden with different flora
from all over the world
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