The Marble Kiosk ( tr, Mermer Köşkü) was a structure directly located at the banks of the
Bosphorus
The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...
of
Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace ( tr, Topkapı Sarayı; ota, طوپقپو سرايى, ṭopḳapu sarāyı, lit=cannon gate palace), or the Seraglio
A seraglio, serail, seray or saray (from fa, سرای, sarāy, palace, via Turkish and Italian) i ...
in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
, and served as a pleasure building for the
Ottoman Padishah. It was located next to the Cannon Gate (''Top kapı''), both structures are today lost.
Possible parts of Marble Kiosk
Propontis wall 15.JPG
Propontis wall 16.JPG
Literature
* Fanny Davis. ''Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul''. 1970. ASIN B000NP64Z2
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External links
Topkapı Palace
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