An example of a 19th-century Lebanese house that shows influences from European architecture: the surface of the façade, ironwork and the stucco decoration.

Painted and carved decorations adorn the walls and ceiling.

A town-palace constructed for a prince, which was built using local materials and in an Ottoman style, but also borrowed from the architectural vocabulary of Europe’s past and present.

A significant example of a traditional urban Macedonian house.

The impact of European architectural styles can be seen in traditional Lebanese house-building and construction.

A typical example of Ottoman communal-type dwellings during the 19th-century.

A traditional Lebanese house in an urban setting, built out of locally sourced materials in the traditional way, but with its façade turned towards the street. Now the core of the inner spaces for family gatherings is a big hall inside the house.

A residence commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid I, the Palace was built facing Europe on the European side of the Bosphorus. Its style reveals the sultan’s taste and passion for European art and architecture (the baroque, rococo and neoclassical vocabulary) and also his respect for Ottoman palace architecture.