Topkapi Palace.. the historical heart of Istanbul

Arabiaweather.com- Ismail Ghasemi- Topkapi Palace is one of the largest buildings in the heart of Istanbul , this important palace was the seat of the Ottoman Empire for more than 4 centuries, and today it is one of the most visited museums in the capital of the three empires.

One of the interesting things in the museum is that you will find the sword of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, which is a very important artifact for all Muslims.

Topkapi Palace is located in the Sarayburnu district in a high place in Istanbul overlooking the Sea of Marmara , the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus Strait, and it is the site where the upper fortified section of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium was during the Greek and Byzantine eras.

Topkay Palace was the seat of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire and the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire between 1456 and 1853 AD. The Sultan's palace was built between 1472 and 1478, when Sultan Mehmed II took over Constantinople.

The name of the palace in Turkish means the cannon gate because it was built on the gates of the city of Constantinople that was destroyed by Turkish cannons, and when Topkapi Palace is mentioned, thinking will often go to the harem, but today Topkapi Palace houses a rich treasury of valuable historical documents.

And the palace is a complex surrounded by walls with a length of 5 kilometers and an area of 592 thousand square meters, and in this palace you will find the holiest Islamic relics such as the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad and his sword, peace and blessings be upon him.

Consisting of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings, the complex was home to more than 4,000 people, expanded over the centuries, and today contains mosques, hospitals, kitchens, bakeries, and a foundry.

In addition to hundreds of rooms and facilities with magnificent examples of Ottoman architecture, a large collection of ceramics, clothes, weapons, shields, miniatures, manuscripts, murals, treasures and Ottoman jewelry.