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Topkapı Palace

The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the district of in . From the 1460s to the completion of in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: palace museum in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “porco demone”, “Top Kapusi”, “Topkapi”, “Topkapi Museum”, “Topkapi Palace Museum”, “Topkapı”, “Topkapı Museum”, “Topkapı Palace Museum”, and “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Gülhane Park.

Mosque
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, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a . is situated 580 metres southwest of Topkapı Palace.

Park
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is a historical in the district of , ; it covers an area of 9.7 ha, is adjacent to and on the grounds of the Topkapı Palace. is situated 150 metres west of Topkapı Palace.

Museum
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The are a group of three archaeological museums located in the quarter of , Turkey, near and Topkapı Palace. is situated 270 metres southwest of Topkapı Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Eminönü.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Quarter
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, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of within the district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.

Quarter
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, the modern name for the old , is a commercial quarter in the district of , Turkey, located at the northern part of the mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.

Topkapı Palace

Latitude
41.01281° or 41° 0′ 46″ north
Longitude
28.98402° or 28° 59′ 3″ east
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Inception
1545
Open location code
8GHC2X7M+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 335415778
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
738700
Wiki­data ID
Q170495
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Topkapı Palace” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Topkapi-paleis”
  • Albanian: “Saraji i Topkapësë”
  • Arabic: “الباب العالى”
  • Arabic: “الباب العالي”
  • Arabic: “توب كابي”
  • Arabic: “توبكابي”
  • Arabic: “طوب قابي”
  • Arabic: “طوبقبو”
  • Arabic: “قصر الطوب قابي”
  • Arabic: “قصر طوب قابي”
  • Arabic: “متحف سراي طوب قبو”
  • Armenian: “Թոպկապի”
  • Armenian: “Թոփքափը ամրոց”
  • Armenian: “Տոպկապի”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu de Topkapi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Topqapı sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Топҡапы һарайы, Топҡапы музейы, Топҡапы”
  • Bashkir: “Топҡапы”
  • Basque: “Topkapi jauregia”
  • Basque: “Topkapi”
  • Basque: “Topkapı jauregia”
  • Basque: “Topkapı”
  • Belarusian: “Тапкапы”
  • Bengali: “তোপকাপি প্রাসাদ”
  • Bosnian: “Carigradski dvor”
  • Bosnian: “Topkapi saraj”
  • Bulgarian: “Топкапъ сарай”
  • Bulgarian: “Топкапъ”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Topkapi”
  • Catalan: “palau de Topkapı”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Topkapı”
  • Catalan: “Topkapı”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی تۆپقاپی”
  • Chinese: “托卡比皇宮”
  • Chinese: “托普卡帕宫”
  • Chinese: “托普卡普宫”
  • Chinese: “托普卡普宮”
  • Chinese: “托普卡珀宫”
  • Chinese: “杜普卡柏皇宮”
  • Cornish: “Palys Topkapı”
  • Croatian: “Topkapi palača”
  • Croatian: “Topkapi Saraj”
  • Croatian: “Topkapi”
  • Croatian: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Czech: “Palác Topkapi”
  • Czech: “Topkapi”
  • Danish: “Topkapi-paladset”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qesra Topkapı”
  • Dutch: “Topkapi Paleis/Museum”
  • Dutch: “Topkapi Paleis”
  • Dutch: “Topkapi Sarayi”
  • Dutch: “Topkapi-paleis”
  • Dutch: “Topkapipaleis”
  • Dutch: “Topkapı Paleis”
  • Dutch: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Dutch: “Topkapı-paleis”
  • Dutch: “Topkapı”
  • Dutch: “Topkapıpaleis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الباب العالى”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco de Topkapi”
  • Estonian: “Topkapı palee”
  • Finnish: “Topkapi”
  • Finnish: “Topkapin palatsi”
  • Finnish: “Topkapın palatsi”
  • French: “Palais de Topkapi”
  • French: “palais de Topkapı”
  • French: “Palais de Topkapı”
  • Galician: “Palacio de Topkapi”
  • Galician: “Topkapi”
  • Georgian: “თოფქაფის სასახლე”
  • German: “Topkapi-Palast”
  • German: “Topkapi-Serail”
  • German: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • German: “Topkapı-Palast”
  • Greek: “Τοπ Καπί”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון טופקאפי”
  • Hebrew: “טופקאפי”
  • Hindi: “टोपकापी महल”
  • Hungarian: “Topkapı palota”
  • Hungarian: “Topkapı Palota”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Topkapi”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Topkapı”
  • Indonesian: “Topkapı Palace”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di Topkapi”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di Topkapı”
  • Italian: “Topkapi”
  • Italian: “Topkapı”
  • Japanese: “トプカプ”
  • Japanese: “トプカプ宮殿”
  • Javanese: “Istana Topkapi”
  • Javanese: “Istana Topkapı”
  • Javanese: “Pura Topkapı”
  • Javanese: “Topkapi”
  • Kazakh: “Топқапы”
  • Korean: “토프카프 궁전”
  • Korean: “토프카피 궁전”
  • Korean: “톱카프 궁전”
  • Korean: “톱카피 궁전”
  • Lao: “ພະລາຊະວັງໂທພຄາປຶ”
  • Latin: “Palatium Topkapı”
  • Latvian: “Topkapi pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Topkapio rūmai”
  • Macedonian: “Топкапи-сарај”
  • Macedonian: “Топкапи”
  • Malay: “Istana Topkapi”
  • Malay: “Istana Topkapı”
  • Malayalam: “Topkapi Palace”
  • Malayalam: “Topkapi”
  • Malayalam: “Topkapı Palace”
  • Malayalam: “ടോപ്കാപി കൊട്ടാരം”
  • Mongolian: “Топкапи ордон”
  • Mongolian: “Топкапы ордон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Topkapipalasset”
  • Norwegian: “Topkapıpalasset”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais de Topkapi”
  • Panjabi: “ਤੋਪਕਾਪੀ ਮਹਿਲ”
  • Persian: “توپقاپی سرای”
  • Persian: “توپقاپی‌سرای”
  • Persian: “توپکاپی سرای”
  • Persian: “کاخ توپقاپو”
  • Persian: “کاخ توپقاپی”
  • Persian: “کاخ توپکاپو”
  • Persian: “کاخ توپکاپی”
  • Persian: “کاخ طوپقاپی”
  • Persian: “کاخ طوپکاپی”
  • Polish: “Pałac Topkapi”
  • Polish: “Topkapi”
  • Polish: “Topkapı”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Topkapi”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Topkapı”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Topkapi”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Topkapı”
  • Portuguese: “Serralho de Topkapı”
  • Pushto: “د طوپقاپي ماڼۍ”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Topkapi”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Topkapî”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Topkapı”
  • Romanian: “Topkapi”
  • Romanian: “Topkapî”
  • Russian: “дворец Топкапы”
  • Russian: “Дворец Топкапы”
  • Russian: “Топкапи”
  • Russian: “Топкапы”
  • Scots: “Topkapı Palace”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lùchairt Topkapı”
  • Serbian: “Палата Топкапи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Topkapi Saraj”
  • Sinhala: “ටොප්කප මාලිගාව”
  • Slovak: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Slovenian: “Palača Topkapi”
  • Slovenian: “Topkapi Saraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “توپ‌قاپی سارایی”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Topkapi”
  • Spanish: “palacio de Topkapı”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Topkapı”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Museo Topkapi”
  • Spanish: “Topkapi”
  • Swedish: “Top Kapu”
  • Swedish: “Topkapi Saray”
  • Swedish: “Topkapi Sarayi”
  • Swedish: “Topkapi”
  • Swedish: “Topkapipalatset”
  • Swedish: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Swedish: “Topkapı”
  • Swiss German: “Dr Topkapi-Balast”
  • Tamil: “தொப்காப்பி மாளிகை”
  • Tatar: “Тупкапы”
  • Thai: “Topkapi Museum”
  • Thai: “Topkapı Palace”
  • Thai: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังโทพคาปิ”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังโทพคาปึ”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์โทพคาปิ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Topkapı-Palast”
  • Turkish: “Saray-ı Cedide-i Amire”
  • Turkish: “Saray-ı Hümayun”
  • Turkish: “Topkapı Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Topkapı Sarayı”
  • Turkmen: “Topkapy köşgi”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Топкапи”
  • Ukrainian: “Топкапи”
  • Ukrainian: “Топкапі”
  • Urdu: “توپ قاپی محل”
  • Urdu: “توپ کاپی سرائے”
  • Urdu: “توپ کاپی محل”
  • Urdu: “توپقاپی سرائے”
  • Urdu: “توپقاپی محل”
  • Uzbek: “Topkapı saroyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Topkapı”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo Topkapı”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Topkapı Palace”
  • Western Panjabi: “توب کاپی محل”
  • Western Panjabi: “توپ قاپی محل”
  • Western Panjabi: “توپ کاپی”
  • Wu Chinese: “托普卡珀皇宫”
  • Yue Chinese: “托卡比皇宮”

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