Landmarks & monumentsIstanbul, Turkey
Galata Tower
Historical tower in İstanbul.
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About
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum (Turkish: Galata Kulesi Müzesi), is a medieval Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul.
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Location
Open map: Galata Tower and 8 nearby attractions41.02563, 28.97415 · Istanbul
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Photo credits (6)
- Galata Bridge: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Museum of Innocence: Fuzheado ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- New Mosque: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Rüstem Pasha Mosque: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Süleymaniye Mosque: Hunanuk · CC0 · Commons
- Zeyrek Mosque: Sharon Nathan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
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