Tuesday 30 December 2014

Gülhane Park / mural & sculpture

Gülhane (Rosehouse) Park was once the outer gardens of the Topkapi Palace; it was made a public park in 1912. I assume the mural depicts vessels converging on Istanbul due to its important strategic location. Istanbul, Turkey. 
Wooden dome framework enveloping a celestial globe, near the Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam.

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)