Kız Kulesi
Also known as Maiden's Tower
1763
Baroque
building
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…
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- 2021-2023
Structural restoration tied the walls with stainless-steel rods and replaced the concrete floors with lighter ones.
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