Museu de História
Tophane-i Amire Kultur ve Sanat Merkezi
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This historic building is where they used to make cannonballs. It now is part of the arts school. You can catch some cool exhibitions or parties at this venue.
This building was constructed in the fifteenth century during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II, the same sultan who sieged and conquered Constantinople in 1453. Its first use was as a place to manufacture cannons and their ammunition for the Ottoman army and navy. As a matter of fact, this ancient harbourside suburb received the name of “Top hane”(“cannon foundry”) after this building and it became the area where the Ottoman military industry established its production. This old cannon-ball casting factory was rebuilt shortly after the big Firuz Agha fire in 1823, which leveled the former structure. During the twentieth century this barracks served a number of purposes: as a training space, an education centre and a military museum. In 1992, Tophane-i Amire was transferred to the nearby Mimar Sinan University, a state university of fine artsThe university converted it into a multi-purpose space consisting of three exhibition halls: the Tophane-i Amire Beş Kubbe, the Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe and the Tophane-i Amire Sarnıçlar.
This building was constructed in the fifteenth century during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II, the same sultan who sieged and conquered Constantinople in 1453. Its first use was as a place to manufacture cannons and their ammunition for the Ottoman army and navy. As a matter of fact, this ancient harb…
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No:1 Meclis-i Mebusan Cd.
İstanbul