Kafes
İstanbul · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Palace and tower
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Istanbul
- Elevation
- 44 m
- Wikidata
- Q1721042
About
The Kafes (Ottoman Turkish: قفس, romanized: kafes, from Arabic: قفص), literally "cage", was the part of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Palace where possible successors to the throne were kept under a form of house-arrest and constant surveillance by the palace guards.
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Location
Visiting here? The next 5 places nearby
The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Kafes: about 2.8 km and 40 min of travel, plus roughly 5 h for the visits.
0.7 km · 10 min on foot
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0.7 km · 9 min on foot
Istanbul Archaeology Museumsİstanbul, Fatih
0.5 km · 7 min on foot
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0.7 km · 9 min on foot
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