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The Tophane Pavilion gets
its name from Tophane
(meaning Cannon factory in
Turkish, where there was
one) neighborhood. It's
located on Necatibey street
next to the Nusretiye
mosque and was one of
the most important buildings
on the Tophane Square during
the
Ottoman period. The
kiosk was ordered by Sultan
Abdulmecid and built by the
British architect William
James Smith in 1852. It was
especially used for the
sultans visiting weapons
factories in the
neighborhood and to receive
foreign visitors coming to
the port by the
sea, such as the Russian
Czar's brother Grand duke
Konstantin.
Tophane Kiosk runs
parallel to the shore on a
rectangle plan sitting on
two floors. It has a
European style like all
other buildings of the same
period, with fine hand work
ceiling decorations and
marble fireplaces. At the
moment Tophane Kiosk is
closed to visitors and
administrated by the Fine
Arts faculty of
Mimar Sinan
University. Nearby this
Kiosk, there are
Istanbul Modern Arts museum,
Tophane fountain, Nusretiye
mosque, Kilic Ali Pasha
mosque, old
Turkish bath, and Cannon
factory as sites of interest
in this neighborhood.
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