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Kucuksu Pavillion

• 17 Dec 2007 05:53
• Beykoz, kucuksu palace, kucuksu pavillion, goksu palace, anadolu hisari

Kucuksu Palace or Kucuksu Pavilion, or Goksu Pavilion, (Turkish: Kucuksu Kasri) is a palace in Istanbul, situated in Kucuksu neighborhood of Beykoz district, at the Asian shore of Bosphorus between Uskudar

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Kucuksu Pavilion

• 05 Nov 2009 12:26
• kucuksu palace, kucuksu pavilion, istanbul 2010

This attractive part of the Bosphorus on the Asian shore is mentioned by Byzantine historians, and in Ottoman times became one of the imperial parks known as Kandil Bahcesi (Lantern Garden). Sultan Murad IV (1623-1640) was particularly fond of Kucuksu and gave it the name Gumus Selvi (Silver Cypress), and in several sources from the 17th century onwards the name Bagce-i Goksu is used.During the reign of Mahmud I (1730-1754) Divittar Mehmed Pasa built a two storey timber pala

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