Native name: Alman Çeşmesi
The German Fountain is located in the northern end of old hippodrome (Sultanahmet Square) and across from the Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I . It was constructed to commemorate the second visit of the German Emperor Wilhelm II to
Istanbul
in 1898 . The fountain was built in Germany and then it was transported in pieces to Istanbul , to be assembled in its current site in 1900 . It has an octagonal dome that rises on eight marble columns . The dome is covered from the inside with golden mosaics . There are eight medallion situated on the arches between columns , four of them carry the signature of Sultan Abdulhamit on green background , while on the other four medallions the letter "W" on Prussian blue background appears and is a symbol of Emperor Wilhelm II . Over the letter "W" there is also a crown and below it "II" is written .
There are inscription in bronze on the reservoir written in German . This inscription reads "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser Stiftete Diesen Brunnen In Dankbarer Erinnerung An Seinen Besuch Bei Seiner Majiestaet Dem Kaiser Der Osmanen Abdul Hamid II Im Herbst Des Jahres 1898" , which means in English: "German Kaiser Wilhelm II constructed this fountain in 1898 autumn , as a gratitude remembrance for his visit to Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid
II" . There is also an Ottoman inscription in the arch of fountain where eight couplet history verse is written by Hattat İzzet Efendi In lines .
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