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).
Beylerbeyi Palace The Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: "Beylerbeyi Sarayı" ), Beylerbeyi meaning "Lord of Lords", is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey at the Asian side of the Bosphorus. An Imperial Ottoman summer residence built in the 1860s, it is now situated immediately north of the 1973 Bosphorus Bridge.