Dolmabahce Palace Wonder
Dolmabahce Palace is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire beginning in the Tanzimat era. Built on the orders of Sultan Abdulmecid I from 1843 to 1856, Dolmabahce was meant to far surpass the medieval Topkapi Palace in comfort, luxury, and amenities, as well as a contemporary style featuring eclectic elements from the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical movements blended with traditional Ottoman architecture. Dolmabahce is the largest palace in Turkey, with an area of 480,000 sq ft, and contains 285 rooms, 46 halls, six hammams, and 68 toilets. Decorated extensively with gold and crystal; 14 tons of gold were used to gild the ceilings, and over 100 kg of gold total was used to decorate the palace. The world’s largest crystal chandelier is in the Ceremonial Hall, which has 750 lamps and weighs 4.5 tons. The chandelier was originally assumed to have been a gift from Queen Victoria; in 2006, however, a receipt was discovered showing it had been paid for in full by the sultan. As of 2025, the construction cost the inflation-adjusted equivalent of ca. $3 billion USD, five million Ottoman lira, or 35 tons of gold. This sum corresponded to approximately a quarter of the Ottoman Empire’s yearly tax revenue. The construction was financed through debasement, by massive issue of paper money, as well as by foreign loans. The huge expenses placed an enormous burden on the state purse and contributed to the deteriorating financial situation of the Ottoman Empire, which eventually defaulted on its public debt in October 1875. The palace was home to six sultans from 1856, when it was first inhabited, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924: The last royal to live here was Sultan Abdulmecid II. A law that took effect on March 3, 1924 transferred ownership of the palace to the national heritage of the new Turkish Republic. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey, used the palace as a presidential residence during the summers and enacted some of his most important works here, until his death in 1938.
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Dolmabahce Palace
Unlocked with Steam Power, and must be built on the coast. +2 Culture, +4 Tourism. Every Courthouse provides the yields of the Palace. Each Courthouse in the empire increases this city’s Tourism output by +5%.
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