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"The council hall has multiple entrances both from inside the palace and from the courtyard. The porch consists of multiple marble and porphyry pillars, with an ornate green and white-coloured wooden ceiling decorated with gold. The floor is covered in marble. The entrances into the hall from outside are in the rococo style, with gilded grills to admit natural light. "
Wikipedia Topkapi Palace Imperial Council.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkapı_Palace
Suggested readings from Amazon.com:
Empires - Islam: Empire of Faith
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
"The council hall has multiple entrances both from inside the palace and from the courtyard. The porch consists of multiple marble and porphyry pillars, with an ornate green and white-coloured wooden ceiling decorated with gold. The floor is covered in marble. The entrances into the hall from outside are in the rococo style, with gilded grills to admit natural light. "
Wikipedia Topkapi Palace Imperial Council.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkapı_Palace
Suggested readings from Amazon.com:
Empires - Islam: Empire of Faith
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
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