Balyan family
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The Balyan family was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dynasty during the 18th and 19th centurie
Graves of the Balyan family in the Armenian cemetery on Nuh Kuyusu Caddesi, Bağlarbaşı, Üsküdar, Istanbul.
Recently renovated graves of the Balyan family in the Armenian cemetery in Üsküdar, Istanbul.
Built by Ottoman sultans Abdülmecid and Abdülaziz, the 19th-century Dolmabahçe, Çırağan, Beylerbeyi and Küçüksu palaces on the European and Asian shores of the Bosporus were designed by members of the Armenian Balyan family of court architects.
Dolmabahçe Palace
Çırağan Palace
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Çırağan Palace, a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel in the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus, between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A view of Çırağan Palace from the Bosporus
The old Çırağan Palace in 1840, which was replaced by the current one in 1863–1867
Çırağan Palace was damaged by fire in 1910
View of the gate from Bosphorus