Galata Tower by junge1
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Description
The Galata Tower is a medieval stone tower in the Galata/Karakoy quarter of Istanbul just north of the Golden Horn.
The nine-story tower is 66.90 meter tall, has an exterior diameter of 16.45 meter at the base, an inside diameter of 8.95 meter and walls that are 3.75 meter thick, and was the city's tallest structure when it was completed. The tower was built as Christea Torris (Tower of Christ) in 1348 during the expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople. The elevation at the ground level of the tower is 35 meters above sea level.
It was built to replace the original tower that was destroyed. It was the apex of the fortification surrounding the Genoese Citadel of Galata.
The upper section of the tower with the conical cap was slightly modified in several restorations during the Ottoman period when it was used as an obervation tower for spotting fires (Source: Wikipedia).
The picture was taken from the Egyptian Spice Bazaar on 29 June 2013,
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Comments (25)
ronmolina
Nice shot!
jayfar
A superb cityscape Sig.
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful view
tigertim
Fantastic shot.. that is an impressive skyline, an interesting mix of old and new. That tower is impressive and dominant. fantastic to read it is over 600years old!
giulband
Great landscape of a great town that I hope to visit in the future
flavia49
wonderful panorama
blinkings
It makes me wonder how many of today's modern skyscrapers will be standing in 700 years time.
UVDan
That tower is looking mighty good for it's age!
Richardphotos
I really like the architecture
Faemike55
Very cool capture interesting to see the tower in the back with the traffic cams in the foreground
jocko500
good to see the old and the new
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
starship64
It's a wonderful old building. Great shot.
auntietk
There's something amazing to see in every direction!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
Cyve
Beautiful capture !
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture and info my friend!!!
ontar1
Beautiful view and great info, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sharky_
Interesting shot....every thing is close together... Aloha
drifterlee
Beautiful shot of the city!!!!!
sandra46
WONDERFUL IMAGE
danapommet
Loving the architecture in this series Sig. Nice shot here! I also noticed the 4 cameras.
dakotabluemoon
So different from the us awesome shot.
FredNunes
Looks like an amazing place. Nivce photo! :-)
debbielove
A very impressive and ancient looking building.. Excellent shot here Sig! Rob