page_title: Sublime Porte
hierarchical_section_title: Sublime Porte
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: La Sublime porta (Bab-ı Ali) ad Istanbul. Era il portone che conduceva al quartier generale del gran visir, dove il sultano teneva la cerimonia di benvenuto per gli ambasciatori stranieri. Nel linguaggio diplomatico il suo nome era passato a indicare il governo ottomano stesso. Foto di: Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-5-2006.
context_page_description: The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte, was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire.
context_section_description: The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte (Ottoman Turkish: باب عالی‎ Bāb-ı Ālī or Babıali, from Arabic: باب‎, bāb "gate" and Arabic: عالي‎, alī "high"), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire.
caption: The later Sublime Porte proper in 2006
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