Architecture / Historic mansion
Hekimbaşı Hunting Lodge
Ümraniye, İstanbul
A 19th-century hunting lodge in Hekimbaşı, Ümraniye, said to be the work of Sarkis Balyan, notable for its 20-meter stair tower.
Its story
The lodge on the Küçüksu–Ümraniye road is also known as the Sultan Abdülaziz Hunting Lodge or the Yusuf İzzeddin Pavilion. It is reported that the building was commissioned by the chief physician (hekimbaşı) Küçük Hayrullah Efendi (1817-1866) and that its architect was Sarkis Balyan. The building of about 1,200 square meters consists of two sections of two and three stories and a four-story stair tower 20 meters high. After a restoration launched by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1999 that lasted seven years on and off, the lodge reopened to visitors in 2006. The Ümraniye Municipality later carried out new repair work on the building.
Key facts
- Period
- 19th century
- Architect
- Sarkis Balyan (attributed)
- Restoration
- 1999-2006 (İBB), later the Ümraniye Municipality
Trip purpose
- Photography
Location
41.06224, 29.09402
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://www.gazetebirlik.com/istanbul-haberleri/105-milyonluk-yeni-restorasyon/64517 | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekimba%C5%9F%C4%B1,_%C3%9Cmraniye | https://polen.itu.edu.tr/items/797c55d7-af0c-4d10-a12b-74f354879dde | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132082214