Which structure is older, the Dolmabahçe Palace or the Pera Palace Hotel?
Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: "Dolmabahçe Sarayı" , ] ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and 1909 to 1922 (Yıldız Palace was used in the interim).
Dolmabahçe Clock Tower Dolmabahçe Clock Tower (Turkish: "Dolmabahçe Saat Kulesi" ) is a clock tower situated outside Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower was ordered by Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918) and designed by the court architect Sarkis Balyan between 1890 and 1895.