Along the
waterfront, is the Painting and Sculpture Museum.
In it are Turkish paintings and sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Maritime Museum includes a range of navigational instruments, ships
figureheads, arms, uniforms, models, paintings and memorabilia.
On the other side of the road is
Sinan Pasa Mosque built by his namesake, the
architect Sinan. Sinan Pasa became Grand Admiral four years after Barbaros
death.
Ciragan Palace, the palace of illuminations,
stands on the edge of the Bosphorus about 500 meters from Besiktas. It was
yet another work of the Balyan family, designed by Nigogos and built by
Sarkis for Sultan Abdul Aziz, and completed in 1874. Behind and beyond
Ciragan Palace, the trees of Yildiz Park occupy the slope.
