Which structure is older, the Dolmabahçe Palace or the Pera Palace Hotel?
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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).
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Pera Palace Hotel The Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah (Turkish: "Pera Palas Oteli" ) is a historic special category hotel and museum hotel located in the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1892 for the purpose of hosting the passengers of the Orient Express and was named after the place where it is located. It holds the title of "the oldest European hotel of Turkey".
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Zabieliai Palace Zabieliai Palace is a former residential palace in Kaunas Old Town, at the corner of T.Daugirdo street and Kaunas Town Hall square. Currently it is occupied by restaurant "Medžiotojų užeiga" (English: "Hunters dry").
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Rossiya Hotel The Rossiya Hotel (Russian: Гостиница «Россия» ), was a large five-star international hotel built in Moscow from 1964 until 1967 at the order of the Soviet government. Construction used the existing foundations of a cancelled skyscraper project, the Zaryadye Administrative Building, which would have been the eighth of what is now referred to as the "Seven Sisters". The architect was Dmitry Chechulin.
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Taşkışla Taşkışla (] ) is neighborhood and building complex in Istanbul. It takes its name "Stone Barracks" from its use as a military establishment in the Ottoman period also known as Mecidiye Kışlası. It is located in close proximity to Beyoğlu and home to the Architecture faculty of the Istanbul Technical University and today serves as a terminus for the Maçka Gondola cable car line.
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Old Royal Palace The Old Royal Palace (Greek: Παλαιά Ανάκτορα ) is the first royal palace of modern Greece, completed in 1843. It has housed the Hellenic Parliament since 1934. The Old Palace is situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing onto the Syntagma Square .
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Parsian Esteghlal International Hotel The Parsian Esteghlal International Hotel is a hotel in Tehran, Iran. Opened in 1962 as the Royal Tehran Hilton, the hotel was designed by local Iranian architect Heydar Ghiai. The hotel's design consultants also included noted British architect Raglan Squire, who also designed Hilton hotels in Tunis, Bahrain, Nicosia and Jakarta.
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Al Musafir Khana Palace The Musafir Khana Palace also known as the Musafirkana Palace was built in Cairo, Egypt between 1779 and 1788 by Mahmud Muharram; a wealthy merchant. Muhammad Ali Pasha bought the palace in early 19th century to use as a royal guesthouse. It was the birthplace of his grandson Khedive Ismai'l 1830-1895. In 1998, it burned to the ground. It was an excellent example of the Ottoman Style.
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Presidential Palace, Zagreb The Presidential Palace (Croatian: "Predsjednički dvori" , also referred to by the metonym "Pantovčak") in Zagreb is the official workplace of the President of Croatia. The president does not reside in the building, however, and it is used to house the Office of the President, while the president continues to reside in his or her private residence during the duration of their term of office.
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Almaty Towers Almaty Towers formerly named as Rahat Towers is a multi functional business complex in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Built as an addition to the five-star hotel "Hyatt Regency" with its former name Rahat Palace, it is used as offices and shopping and entertainment center which is located on the first floor. With its height of 100 meters and 25 floors it has the same height as Hotel Kazakhstan. An interesting feature that the building has is a special LED lights which illuminates at night.
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Palace of Culture and Sports Palace of Culture and Sports (Bulgarian: Дворец на културата и спорта ) is an indoor complex for culture and sport located in Varna, Bulgaria. The complex has three sports halls - "Kongresna Hall", "Mladost Hall" and "Hall 20". The Palace of Culture and Sports was completed in 1968.
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Old Hotel Palace Old Hotel Palace is a modernist building in Iquitos, Loreto, Peru. It was a hotel and was built between 1908 and 1912. It is located on the Malecón Tarapacá, Historic Centre of Iquitos. The hotel is located one blocks from the Plaza de Armas. The Old Hotel Palace was built for engineer Samuel Young Mass and Spanish architect José Altamira y Motta. Was a important luxury hotel during the era Amazon rubber boom.
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Feriye Palace The Feriye Palace (Turkish: "Feriye Sarayı" ) is a complex of Ottoman imperial palace buildings along the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Currently, the buildings host educational institutions such as a high school and a university.
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Hotel Ponce Intercontinental The Hotel Ponce Intercontinental (also known as "El Ponce") is an abandoned hotel with a still existing structure. The structure, and what it once was, is considered a historic landmark and a national icon in the city of Ponce and Puerto Rico at large. The property is currently owned by PRIDCO who bought it from a group of local Ponce industrialists. Its architecture is classical modern.
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Hotel Moskva, Belgrade Hotel Moskva (Serbian Cyrillic: Хотел Москва, ] ; English: Hotel Moscow ), is a four star hotel in Belgrade, one of the oldest currently operating in Serbia.
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Palacio de Doriga Doriga Palace is located in Salas, Asturias, Spain. It is an example of a structure built for nobility, half containing a defensive character, and the other half being residential. The original nucleus is a medieval square tower, built in the 14th century, which forms part of the current palace. In the 15 century, a cubic structure was added to the tower. Its present aspect was completed during the early years of the 16th century, centered on the palace section.
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Çankaya Mansion The Çankaya Mansion is the residence of the Premiership of Turkey and until 2014 was the official residence of the Presidency. It is located in the Çankaya district of Ankara, which lends its name to the palace. The Çankaya Campus is home to several buildings including the mansion and stretches over 438 acres of land with its unique place in the history of the Turkish Republic. The Çankaya Campus houses Atatürk's Museum Mansion, the Çankaya Mansion, the office of the Chief Aide-de-Camp, the Glass Mansion, State Supervision Council, the Financial Affairs and Preservation Directorate buildings, Press Conference Hall, Reception Halls, Fire Department Building, Social Facility, Garage, Greenhouse, Artificial Turf Sports Area, Tennis Court and Employee Lodgings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hotel Europe (Sarajevo) Hotel Europe (originally known as Hotel Evropa) is a historic hotel in central Sarajevo.
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Hotel Pyrénées Hotel Pyrénées is a four-star hotel in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Built in 1940, Lonely Planet describes it as being "one of Andorra's few venerable buildings" and containing "haunting old photographs of Andorra in its restaurant". It originally went under the Catalan name "Pirinec" and had 36 rooms but today it has 70 rooms.