The opinion of the Asian origin of the baroque style is still debatable. However, interestingly, in the XVIII – XIX in. The Ottoman Empire became interested in this European architectural style. Turkish sultans were not very interested in more modern styles (classicism) and earlier (Romanesque style, Gothic). Perhaps the Turks really saw something native to themselves in baroque buildings.
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Especially the Turks became interested in the Versailles Palace, under the impression of which the Istanbul Palace Dolmabakhche was built in the middle of the XIX.
Interestingly – Baroque received a full recognition in world architecture only at the end of this 19th century, and before that the name of the style was used in a negative sense. The champions of the classical architecture of Baroque really seemed to be something “Asian”, Turkish or gypsy.