Kız Kulesi

Kız Kulesi

Also known as Maiden's Tower

Year

1763

Type

building

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Perched on a rocky islet a couple of hundred meters off the Üsküdar shore, the Maiden's Tower has guarded the mouth of the Bosphorus in one form or another since antiquity, when the Athenians are said to have built a customs station on the …

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