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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. The tower appeared on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknote from 1966 to 1981 ...
Maiden's Tower, Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul; Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS: Exposure time: 1/320 sec (0.003125) F-number: f/10: ISO speed rating: 160: Date and time of data generation: 17:06, 29 September 2014: Lens focal length: 13.103 mm: Short title: Maiden's Tower, Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul; City that ...
Bosphorus Bridge; Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial; Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey; Dardanelles; Fountain of Ahmed III; Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Hippodrome of Constantinople; Ishak Pasha Palace; Istanbul University; İzmir Clock Tower; Kızıl Kule; Maiden's Tower; Mevlana Museum; Rumelihisarı; Samsun; Selimiye Mosque; Sivas ...
Isbank Tower 1; Istanbul Justice Palace; Istanbul Congress Center; Istanbul Fair Center Yeşilköy; Istanbul Governor's Office; Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center; Istanbul Technical University TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor; Istanbul University Observatory; Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa ...
The history of the city proper begins when Greek settlers from Megara establish Byzantium on the European side of the Bosphorus (660 BC) Byzantium officially becomes a part of the Roman Empire (73 AD)
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait (/ ˈ b ɒ s p ər ə s, ˈ b ɒ s f ər ə s / BOSS-pər-əs, BOSS-fər-əs; [a] Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı, lit. 'Istanbul strait', colloquially Boğaz ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul , Turkey .
Close by and to its north stood the great Tower of Mangana, which was intended to hold the one end of the chain, planned (but probably never actually installed) by Manuel I Komnenos to close off the Bosphorus, the other end being at a tower erected on the island of the modern Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi) off Chrysopolis (modern Üsküdar ...
Üsküdar (Turkish pronunciation:) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 35 km 2, [3] and its population is 524,452 (2022). [1] It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus.