Fountain of Ahmet III

The fountain is located just outside the Topkapi Palace. Nothing much to see just take a picture. The water fountain isn’t working.

This fountain is one of the most beautiful examples of Turkish rocco style and was constructed in 1729. Beautiful and worth a closer examination as it is on your way into Topkapi Palace.

This is an 18th century Rococo style structure built by Sultan Ahmed III, which is located just outside the Topkapi Palace gates. Each corner has marble window grilles, which were used for dispensing iced water or sherbet during the Ottoman rule.

Sultan who loved tulips. The Turkish rococo style fountain is opposite the Imperial gate of Topkapi Palace, and therefore a popular meeting point of the guided tours. The richly decorated square-shaped building is in the market place in front of Topkapi Palace, and it would be hard not to notice it. That was our first aim on our first day in Istanbul. We learned right away that Ahmet III loved tulips because of the lavishly used tulip motives on the fountain. It was exciting going around the well waiting for our guide, and then we didn't know how many more times we would see this fountain during our trip. If I wasn't lazy, I could also find a photo taken at the same location in 1988. Meanwhile, more than 30 years have passed, but the well has not changed much. It is still waiting for visitors, like so many other famous meeting points in the world.

When I first saw this, I wasn't quite sure what it was. I later found out that it was a fountain. Its outside the Topkapi palace gates and is covered in a lovely rocco style. Worth a look and a photo in front of it.