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This
is
Topkapi,
the
place
where
the
fiercest
battle
of
the
Constantinople
siege
took
place,
where
the
unscalable
walls
were
overcome,
where
the
day
that
the
blessed
soldiers
had
awaited
occurred…
This
is
the
door
that
opened
onto
the
conquest
of
Constantinople…
Here
you
will
witness
the
conquest
of
Constantinople
once
again
and
experience
the
moment
when
the
soldiers
entered
the
city,
almost
exactly
as
it
happened.
You
will
witness
the
explosion
of
the
cannonballs,
cast
by
the
Hungarian
cannon
expert
Urban,
and
see
them
flung
at
the
walls
of
Constantinople.
The
battle
cry
of
Sultan
Mehmed
II’s
soldiers
and
the
sound
of
the
marches
played
by
the
Janissary
band
will
accompany
you.
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area, which fourteen years ago was a bus
terminal, is today the location of
Topkapi Cultural Park. On the left you
can see the Edirnekapı Walls. Straight
ahead, you can see the Topkapı Walls,
the point where the
Ottoman soldiers
entered Constantinople. Here you can
witness an important moment in history,
the fall of Constantinople; it was this
event that gave Sultan Mehmet II his
title of Fatih (the Conqueror).
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The
painting
surrounding
the
visitors
measures
38
meters
in
diameter
and
covers
an
area
of
2,350
square
meters.
In
the
area
that
remains
between
the
audience
and
the
panoramic
picture,
you
can
see
the
three-dimensional
objects
which
cover
a
total
area
of
3,000
square
meters.
Work
on
this
picture
started
in
2005
and
was
completed
in
2008.
Eight
different
talented
artists
have
contributed
to
the
painting.
10,000
live
models
were
employed
in
the
project.
The
sections
of
the
walls
that
were
destroyed
and
the
extent
of
these
areas
has
been
determined
according
to
the
report
concerned
with
the
repairs
of
the
walls
that
was
presented
to
Hizir
Bey,
the
first
mayor
of
Istanbul.
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| When a
painting is framed it is limited; no
matter how great the impression of
three-dimensions may be, one can still
see the edges of the picture, thus
making it clear how far the picture is
removed from where you. However, as
there is nothing in the “ISTANBUL 1453
Panoramic Museum” that one could call
the “limit” or “frame” of the picture,
anyone looking on the painting will be
able to perceive the work in its true
dimensions. The moment the observer
steps onto the platform they will
experience a shock that lasts for 10
seconds. This situation is a result of
your confusion at not being able to find
reference points for dimension, like a
start or a finish to the painting, thus
increasing the impression of the
picture’s reality. Here people, even
though they are entering a closed
location, feel as if they are entering a
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