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Galata Tower is a historic tower located in Istanbul that has stood as a prominent landmark in the city for centuries. It remains significant as an important part of Istanbul's architectural heritage and a notable point of reference in the urban landscape.
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Official website
Galata Tower Museum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tower
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Beyoğlu
- Area
- 208
- Elevation
- 35
- Material used
- stone
- Location
- Galata
- Diameter
- 16.45
- Official website
- muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=GLT04&DistId=MRK
- Image
- Istanbul asv2020-02 img48 Galata Tower.jpg
- Height
- 62.59
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- different from
- Galata Tower
- Commons category
- Galata Tower
- Commons gallery
- Galata Kulesi
- inception
- 1349-00-00
- offers view on
- Topkapı Palace
- architectural style
- Romanesque architecture
- floors above ground
- 9
- floors below ground
- 1
- located in/on physical feature
- Marmara Region
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Encyclopedic overview
The Galata Tower (Turkish: Galata Kulesi), 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.
History
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