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).
Grand Palace Hotel, Riga Grand Palace Hotel is a 5 star hotel in Riga, Latvia, in a building originally erected 1877 to house a bank, but now with 56 hotel rooms. Grand Palace Hotel is member of The Leading Hotels of the World, and has been voted as Latvia's Leading Hotel for six years, latest being in 2010.