Beykoz Mansion was started to be made as a gift to Sultan Abdulmecid by the Governor of Egypt Mehmed Ali Pasha in 1845.
Beykoz Mansion
One of the oldest Mansions of Istanbul is Beykoz Mansion. Also known as Beykoz Palace. It is located in the region of His Majesty’s Pier in Beykoz. It was started to be made as a gift to Sultan Abdulmecid by the Governor of Egypt Mehmed Ali Pasha in 1845. However, the construction of the Mansion was completed in 1854 after the death of Mehmed Ali Pasha in 1849, during the reign of his son Said Pasha, governor of Egypt.
Although Sultan Abdülmecid did not show much interest in Beykoz Mansion, Sultan Abdülaziz Mansion frequently visited. Although it was used as a riding kiosk in the first years of its construction, it was also used for daily stays and official hospitality in later periods.
Elegant Architecture of the Ottoman Empire: Beykoz Mansion
The Mansion, designed as a symmetrical square plan, consists of two floors. The inner walls of the Mansion, which was used in the construction of the outer walls, were built using brick, wooden carcass and stone. The colorful stones used on the walls of some halls on the exterior and interior distinguish this building from other mansions, Mansions and palace structures.
Beykoz or Mecidiye Mansion was established on a large land of seventy thousand square meters on average. There are magnolia, pine and linden trees around the mound. The Mansion is one of the elegant examples of Serdab mansions named after the word Serdab, which is used for areas that provide coolness.
This mansion, which served as a girls’ orphanage during World War I, was used in the 1920s for the treatment of patients with trachoma who had a kind of eye disorder. Later, he was transferred to the Bosphorus Command and transferred to the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance in 1953. Following the restoration works carried out by the Ministry, Beykoz Mansion was once again restored and the ruined parts of the building were restored to its former appearance by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts.
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