The Dolma-bahce Palace (Dolmabahce Saraye; Dolmabahce Cadessi, tel. 212/258-5544), finished in 1853, was intended as a bold statement of the sultan's faith in the future of his empire, but instead it turned out to be a monument to folly and extravagance.
The sultan's built the palace to show his faith of his empire.
Restored and opened as a museum in 1958, this small building, tucked away in a quiet corner of the city, is one of the world's greatest monuments to Byzantine art.