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Hazine Kapi by =dogmadic:icondogmadic:

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The site of Dolmabahçe Palace, in Istanbul Turkey, was originally a bay in the Bosporus which was filled in gradually during the 18th century to become an imperial garden, much appreciated by the Ottoman sultans; and it is from this garden that the name Dolmabahçe (Filled garden) comes from, dolma meaning 'filled' and bahçe meaning 'garden'.
Dolmabahçe Palace was the first European-style palace in Istanbul and was built by Sultan Abdülmecid between 1842 and 1853, at a cost of five million Ottoman gold pounds, the equivalent of 35 tons of gold. Fourteen tons of gold in the form of gold leaf were used to gild the ceilings of the palace.

I believe this is the Treasury Gate, Hazine Kapı. Then again it could be the Imperial Gate-Saltanat Kapı or the Dowager Sultan Gate-Valide Kapısı. Sources on the internet were rather confusing. I will have to ask my friend Ayhan (who took me by here) to be sure. :)

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~Nlr4 Jan 15, 2009, 3:57:13 AM
great

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=retro2k Jan 15, 2009, 5:11:21 AM
Beautiful! Intresting place :)

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*RIVERKING Jan 15, 2009, 6:31:28 AM
THAT'S COOL, MAN. GREAT JOB!

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=dogmadic Jan 15, 2009, 7:31:09 AM
Thank you kindly sir! :)

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=dogmadic Jan 15, 2009, 7:31:32 AM
Thanks very much. :)

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=dogmadic Jan 15, 2009, 7:33:06 AM
Thank you! Hopefully next time I will go inside. We were "palaced" out that day and decided to save it for another time. :)

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*RIVERKING Jan 15, 2009, 7:41:53 AM
HAHA.."THANKYOU KINDLY"...THAT'S JUST LIKE WHAT I SAY ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE TALKING LIKE A MISSISSIPPIAN!

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=retro2k Jan 15, 2009, 9:26:07 AM
Then you have a reason to go back. :)

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=dogmadic Jan 15, 2009, 9:29:30 AM
lol....I guess it's a remnant of my childhood days down in Albany Georgia. We used to go camping on the gulf and go sightseeing on the Natchez Trail etc....many many years ago. when u weren't even a tadpole yet. i want to head south again one of these days. :)

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