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Fort Bakczekeu (Bahcekoy Topuzlu Dam, İstanbul) - Vormser - 1840
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Fort Bakczekeu (Bahcekoy Topuzlu Dam, İstanbul)

ArtistVormser
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Samuel Cholet (1786-1874)
Date1840
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceTurkey Volume Of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris

Description

Topuzlu dam was built in Istanbul Bahçeköy on the Eski Baglar Creek in 1750 by Sultan Mahmut I. It is also called Viran Bent among the people.