5232 x 3510 px | 44,3 x 29,7 cm | 17,4 x 11,7 inches | 300dpi
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Khedive Palace located on the Asian side of Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey, was a former residence of Khedive Abbas II of Egypt. The residence name is also rendered in English as Khedive Pavilion or Khedive Mansion. Today after conversion, it serves as a stylish restaurant. Abbas Hilmi Pasha (reigned 1892-1914), the last Khedive (Ottoman governor) of Egypt and Sudan, commissioned Italian architect Antonio Lasciac (1856-1946) assisted by Delfo Seminati, to built a summer residence at Bosporus. The palace, completed in 1907, was designed -then fashionable- in Art Nouveau style, mainly inspired by Italian villas of the Renaissance era incorporating characteristics and details of neo-classical Ottoman architecture. The palace stands on a hilltop within a large grove of some 270 acres (1, 100, 000 m2) above Çubuklu neighborhood in Beykoz district, overlooking the Istanbul Strait. Surrounded by marble terraces, the three-storey building's east front is square, and the south and northwest sides are crescent-shaped. A unique feature of the structure is a high tower. A monumental fountain at the main entrance rises all the way to the roof. In the surroundings of the residence, there are other fine fountains and pools. The rose garden of the residence is the largest in Istanbul. At the ground floor of the 1, 000 m2 (11, 000 sq ft) palace, several rooms and halls encircle a central hall, which helps connect them with each other. A large hall at the ground level has a fire place. At the upper floor, two big bedrooms exist. The terrace on top of the building is accessible also by a historic steam-operated elevator. The building is covered from floor to ceiling in stained glass. The interior is decorated with neo-classical, neo-Islamic and neo-Ottoman features. The capitals of the marble pillars, walls and ceilings are embroidered with figures of flowers, fruit and hunting animals reflecting the effects of European architecture. T
