Galata Tower

Galata Tower

Also known as Galata Kulesi

Year

1348

Type

building

Galata Tower rises above the harbour at the high point of the medieval Galata walls, a cylindrical stone watchtower built around 1348 by the Genoese colony of Galata under privilege granted by the Byzantine emperor. The masonry body climbs …

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