Photographs of Dolmabahce Palace

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The Dolmabahce Palace was built in the mid-19th century and stretches for 600 meters along the European shore of the Bosphorus. It’s enormous. It has 248 rooms, 43 entrance halls, 6 Turkish baths and approximately 2.700 windows. It is divided into two sections: the official part - where the Sultan would receive distinguished guests from all over the world and the Harem - where the Sultan's wife, mother and concubines lived.