Name: Khan's Palace in Bakhchysarai / Khan's Palace
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March 14, 2022

The palace complex of the Crimean khans in Bakhchisaray - a palace, the residence of most of the Crimean khans and the center of power of the Crimean Khanate.

The walled complex is located on the left bank of the Churuk-Su River and consists of two gates, the Great Khan-Dżami Mosque, the main palace, the Falcon Tower, the Khan's cemetery, the harem, Persian gardens and other buildings. Currently, the territory of the palace with gardens covers about 4.3 hectares, which is less than 25% of the original area. It is one of the three preserved Muslim palace complexes in Europe. The other two are Topkapı in Istanbul and the Alhambra in Granada. From the eighteenth century, the palace was the site of, among others vacation of the Russian tsarist family.

The palace was built in the first half of the 16th century by prisoners of war captured during Tatars' expeditions to the lands of Russia and present-day Ukraine, by order of the then Khan Sahib I Giray. The works were carried out under the supervision of Ottoman, Persian and Italian architects. With the creation of the palace, the khan began building the entire city of Bakhchisaray as the new capital. The construction of the complex was most probably started in 1532. The first object to be erected was the Great Mosque of Khan-Jami, which until the 17th century was called the Khan Sahib Girey Mosque. The complex was rebuilt many times, almost every khan changed part of it, added new ones or demolished and built other buildings from scratch. In 1736, a large part of the complex was destroyed by fire. The contemporary shape has been preserved from that period, when the palace and most of the buildings were rebuilt by Khan Selamet II Giray.

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