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Maiden's Tower
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kız Kulesi, Tower of Leandros, Leander's Tower, Kiz Kulesi
lighthouse at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus in Turkey
Key facts
- Type
- Observation tower, Broadcasting tower
- Location
- Bosporus , Istanbul , Turkey
- Owner
- Istanbul , Turkey
- Operator
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Maiden's Tower and the Seraglio Point Map of Constantinople (1422) by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti, showing Pera at the north of the Golden Horn, Constantinople at south, and the Maiden's Tower at right, in the sea, off the coast of Üsküdar on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Maiden's Tower at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus, with the Seraglio Point in the background Maiden's Tower on the reverse of the 10 lira banknote (1966–1981)
The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maiden's Tower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.