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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rubens' Painting "Christ on the Cross" Sold for €2.3 Million - Versailles

The painting "Christ on the Cross" (Le Christ en croix, 1614–1615) by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was sold for €2.3 million at an auction in Versailles, France, on November 30, 2025. After being found in a private Paris mansion, the painting shocked the art world and drew major attention from international collectors, museums, and historians. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Relatives and guests pose together in front of the Durga Puja altar at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Two women smear vermilion on each other’s faces during Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women dressed in traditional saris place their hands together during the Sindoor Khela ritual at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Idol Immersion in India

Women in saris pose before the Durga idol after completing Sindoor Khela at the Shib Krishna Daw House in Kolkata, India on October 2, 2025. The Daw family’s Durga Puja, dating back to 1839, is among Kolkata’s oldest bonedi bari household pujas, where traditional rituals are performed inside the ancestral mansion rather than in public pandals. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 8TH DISTRICT. PLACE GERARD OURY. ?LA MAISON DE LOO? (NICKNAMED THE RED PAGODA) HOUSES A PRIVATE MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART. THIS OLD MANSION WAS TRANSFORMED IN 1925 INTO A CHINESE PAGODA (ARCHITECT FRANCOIS BLOCH), BY ITS OWNER, CHING TSAI LOO, A CHINESE ART DEALER Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 8TH DISTRICT. PLACE GERARD OURY. ?LA MAISON DE LOO? (NICKNAMED THE RED PAGODA) HOUSES A PRIVATE MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART. THIS OLD MANSION WAS TRANSFORMED IN 1925 INTO A CHINESE PAGODA (ARCHITECT FRANCOIS BLOCH), BY ITS OWNER, CHING TSAI LOO, A CHINESE ART DEALER Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI (1r), during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public on October 9, after completing the architectural intervention and restoration of its interior decorations to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Luján/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI (1r), during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public on October 9, after completing the architectural intervention and restoration of its interior decorations to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Luján/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI (1r), during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public on October 9, after completing the architectural intervention and restoration of its interior decorations to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Luján/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI (1l), during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador at the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public on October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Luján/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Inaugurates Casa Del Labrador In Aranjuez - Spain

King Felipe VI, during the inauguration of the Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez, on October 1, 2025, in Aranjuez, Madrid (Spain). The Casa del Labrador in the Royal Site of Aranjuez opens to the public next October 9, after concluding the architectural intervention and the restoration of its interior decorations, to improve its stability on the land near the Tagus River, where the mansion was built in the 18th century. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Art Deco - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (14TH DISTRICT). THE GIACOMETTI INSTITUTE. THE DOOR, FACADE OF THE MANSION, 5 RUE VICTOR SCHOELCHER Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 8TH DISTRICT. PLACE GERARD OURY. ?LA MAISON DE LOO? (NICKNAMED THE RED PAGODA) HOUSES A PRIVATE MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART. THIS OLD MANSION WAS TRANSFORMED IN 1925 INTO A CHINESE PAGODA (ARCHITECT FRANCOIS BLOCH), BY ITS OWNER, CHING TSAI LOO, A CHINESE ART DEALER Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. MANCHE (50) THE HOTEL DE BEAUMONT IS A PRIVATE MANSION, BUILT IN THE 18TH CENTURY, WHICH STANDS IN THE TOWN OF VALOGNES. IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT NORMAN VERSAILLES COULD HAVE BEEN. Photo by Jerome Houyvet/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Old French Orphanage Turned Into a Cafe - Istanbul

Palais Saint-Eugène was built in 1868 as an orphanage and was named as Saint-Joseph House. In the 20th century, it became Garabet Cezayirliyan's plasterboard workshop. Later, Kemal Cinbiz took over the workshop. The building also housed the world's only known plasterboard museum. In the plasterboard museum, there were pieces of plasterboard from buildings such as Dolmabahçe Palace, the Pera Museum, Sultan Adile's Palace and Sait Halim Pasha's mansion. The building, whose papier-mache museum on the upper floor was closed in 2020, also hosted the 2022 Istanbul Biennial. Today, the building is empty. Now, in its garden, there's a cafe called Tophane Mekan, which belongs to the municipality of Beyoglu, on April 2025 in Istanbul Turkey. Photo by Ilker Eray/ABACAPRESS.COM