Bab-i Selam Gate (Topkapi Palace)
Description:
The second main gate to Topkapi Palace. This is the beginning of the exhibition of the museum. The gate, built during the reign of Sultan Mehmed 2, had a second name - Middle Gate. In one of the towers of the gate, built of wrought iron (1524), during the Ottoman period, was also replaced by a prison for convicted palace officials of high rank.