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This museum displays the conquest of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, by the forces of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror on May 29, 1453. The museum is located near the point where the Ottomans breached its walls. Its main exhibit is a 360-degree "panorama" (also known as a cyclorama) of the battlefield at the time the walls were breached, giving the visitor the impression of standing in the middle of the battle. The painting is drawn and displayed in such a way that the visitor appears to be in the center of a huge space and not in a circle with a diameter of only 38 metres. Sound effects add to the illusion - there is the sound of gunfire, soldiers screaming, and a military band playing to motivate the troops. Practical information The museum is located at Topkapi Station on tram lines T1 and T4. Design and construction of the museum 1453 Panorama Museum of History (front view). 1453 Panorama Museum of History (front view). Construction of the building and painting of the giant panoramic mural began in 2005, when 8 artists worked on the mural. The depiction of the damaged city walls was based on a report on the repair of the walls prepared by Istanbul's first mayor, Hızır. The mural was completed in 2008. The museum was opened on January 31, 2009. It was completed at a cost of $5 million and is the first panoramic museum in Turkey. The museum is the owner of the ideas and the project coordinator, the painter Hashim Al-Muwatin. A view from inside the Panorama Museum This panoramic image contains 10,000 drawings. The panoramic image is drawn on a hemisphere with a diameter of 38 meters. The image area is 2,350 m2; The platform where the 3D objects are located between the image and the visitor's platform has an area of 650 m2 and the visitor is in each direction II. One voice for the thousands of soldiers of Muhammad and Muhtar encircle Marsi. Also visible is the pigment ink, which has remained intact for more than 100 years. The audience can experience a shock lasting up to 10 seconds on this platform in the museum. The first person to look at a panorama in a museum will not be able to understand the actual dimensions of the work because of his or her visual habits. This is because the image dimensions do not contain references to introduce the concept, such as the start and end points. While the museum is in an enclosed space, the visitor experiences the three-dimensional outer space again. The museum is located opposite the walls of Topkapı-Edirnekapı, where the dam passes. In the vicinity of the museum you can see the walls of Topkapi and the walls of Silivrikapi in Constantinople, the first Turkish soldiers.
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