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The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Turkish: Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi) is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha , who was the second grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent , and was once thought to have been the ...
Commissioned by Sultan Mehmed II in 1472 as a pleasure palace, it is the oldest non-religious Ottoman structure in Istanbul and retains a visible Persian influence in its style and architecture [5] It was first opened to the public in 1953 as the Fatih Museum, to showcase Turkish and Islamic art, and was later incorporated into the Istanbul ...
This list of museums and monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, includes the relevant architectural entities within Istanbul's city limits. (in alphabetical order; Turkish-language name in parentheses where appropriate)
Krannert Art Museum. Restoring Byzantium: The Kariye Camii in Istanbul and the Byzantine Institute Restoration. Miriam & IRA D. Wallach Art Gallery (2004). ISBN 1-884919-15-4; Ousterhout, Robert G. (1988). The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 978-0-88402-165-0.
Women's Museum Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Kadın Müzesi), located in Istanbul, Turkey, is an online museum devoted to the role played by women in the city. Launched online in 2012, it is Turkey's first-ever and the world's third city museum dedicated to women.
The Sacred Trust is kept in the former Privy Chamber in Topkapı Palace The Chamber of the Blessed Mantle, from the Fourth Courtyard Letter by Muhammad. The Islamic Sacred Relics (Turkish: Mukaddes emanetler), [1] also known as the Holy Relics, known collectively as the Sacred Trust, consist of religious relics sent to the Ottoman Sultans between the 16th century to the late 19th century.
The mosque was designed by a non-Muslim Greek architect named Simeon Kalfa or Simon Kalfa. [15] [3] [4] [16] This was the first non-Muslim architect to be placed in charge of a major imperial Ottoman construction. [5] Simeon's chief assistant was a Christian man named Kozma and the majority of the stonemasons under him were Christians as well.
The museum was opened on 25 May 2008 and displays replicas of 9th and 16th century scientific instruments of Muslim scholars. [1] The models were all made at the Institute for the History of Arab-Islamic Sciences of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt from descriptions and drawings in contemporary texts - very few original items ...