Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Turkey / Istanbul / Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
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Sultanahmet Jail (Turkish: Sultanahmet Cezaevi), a former prison in Istanbul, Turkey, is now the luxury Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet. It is located in Sultanahmet neighborhood of Eminönü district on the historical peninsula. Built in 1918/1919, it was the first jailhouse in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, constructed in a contemporary concept considering the regulation of the daily life and relationship with the outside of inmates, who were awaiting trial or serving brief sentences.

In 1992, after a long period of neglect, a redevelopment project was considered to convert the building into a hotel. The jailhouse, having great significance in terms of history of art and architecture, was renovated and opened in 1996 as a deluxe hotel of the Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts chain. It is a boutique style hotel for merely 130 guests in 65 guest rooms including 11 suites. The hotel's restaurant features a landscaped garden in the glass-covered courtyard and an outdoor terrace with a seating capacity for 55 people in winter and 95 people in summer.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanahmet_Jail
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Coordinates:   41°0'23"N   28°58'48"E

Comments

  • سكنا اول يوم وصلنا ولمدة ثلاثة ايام في هذا الفندق وكان روعه بجد في خدماته وتعامل كل العاملين فيه ولو انه غالي بس ثمنه فيه وقريب من كل الاماكن المراد زيارتها
  • Yes,Radoslav Residence.TSarigrad,Apostolic Empire.
  • In the West, this place is most famous as the prison from Midnight Express. To be fair, that movie (made in the late '70s) is notorious for portraying the Turks as beasts and was renounced by the guy who's story it was based off of, but this was the notorious prison he was sent to for his drug crimes.
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