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Çırağan Palace, located on the European shore of the Bosporus in Istanbul, was built between 1863 and 1867 by Sultan Abdulaziz. Designed by architect Nigoğayos Balyan and his sons, it was the last palace built by an Ottoman sultan. The structure features wooden interiors, marble exteriors, and a bridge linking it to Yıldız Palace.
After Sultan Abdulaziz’s death, his nephew Sultan Murad V lived there under house arrest until 1904. The palace briefly hosted the Ottoman Parliament in 1909 but was largely destroyed by fire in 1910, leaving only its outer walls.
In 1987, the ruins were restored and transformed into a luxury Kempinski hotel, opening in the early 1990s. Renovated again in 2007, the palace now serves as an upscale hotel and event venue, blending historical charm with modern luxury.
References:The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.
The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.