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- Place Types Zoo
- Address Sultan Ahmet Sultanahmet Meydanı Topkapı Sarayı, Cankurtaran, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
- Coordinate 41.0082462,28.9812868
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4.7
- Compound Code 2X5J+7G Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey
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A natural part of the scenic walk around Istanbul. Pretty location. Worth a visit.
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III is a fountain in a Turkish rococo structure in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built under Ottoman sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the style of the Tulip period. It was a social centre and gathering place during the Ottoman period of Constantinople.
The fountain kiosk of Ahmed III is in the place of a Byzantine fountain known as Perayton. Another fountain, built during the Byzantine Empire stood on the site before this fountain The architectural features of the exterior reflect a synthesis of traditional Ottoman and contemporary western styles.
The fountain was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknotes of 1947-1952. The fountain is a large square block built with five small domes. Mihrab-shaped niches decorated in low relief with foliate and floral designs in each of the four façades, each containing a drinking fountain (çeşme). The water is supplied from an octagonal pool inside the kiosk, with circulation space around it for kiosk attendants. On each corner is a triple-grilled sebil (from which an attendant issued cups of water or sherbet, free of charge, from behind a grille).
Above the drinking fountains and niches on each façade and sebil are large calligraphic plates bordered with blue and red tiles. Each plate bears stanzas of a 14-line poem dedicated to water and its donor by Seyyid Hüseyin Vehbi bin Ahmed, the chief judge of Halep and Kayseri. It is read clockwise around the fountain, beginning at the northern sebil. The last stanza of the poem the northwest façade is a chronogram composed by Ahmed III. -- wikipedia
Historical place, one out of several must see tourist attractions in Istanbul, recommend to visit near Topkapi palace museum and Aiya Sophia and walking distance from Blue Mosque, really in the middle of crowded tourist hub, many restaurants and metro station are very close to it.
I hope the water from there is drinkable :) drunk couple of cups.
The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (Turkish: III. Ahmet Çeşmesi) is a fountain in a Turkish rococo structure in the great square in front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built under Ottoman sultan Ahmed III in 1728, in the style of the Tulip period. It was a social center and gathering place during the Ottoman period of Constantinople.
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