Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At the time the Galata Tower, at 219.5 ft (66.9 m), was the tallest building in the city. [ 4 ] After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Genoese colony was abolished and most of the walls of the citadel were later pulled down in the 19th century, during the northward expansion of the city in the districts of Beyoğlu and ...
The_Galata_Tower_in_Liber_insularum_Archipelagi,_Düsseldorf_copy.png (274 × 362 pixels, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Continuing his research on observations of the heavens while in Egypt Taqī al-Dīn used the Galata tower and Sokollu's private residence. Although Murad III was the one who commanded an observatory to be built it was actually Sokollu who brought the idea to him knowing about his interest in science. [ 20 ]
To a related topic: This is a redirect to an article about a similar topic.. Redirects from related topics are different than redirects from related words, because a related topic is more likely to warrant a full and detailed description in the target article.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
This list of tallest structures in Africa ranks man-made structures in Africa that stand at least 150 m (490 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. List is containing only completed structures, including demolished or destroyed structures.
English: Blank map of South Africa, divided into provinces. Provincial boundaries as of 2009, including the border changes by the 12th, 13th and 16th constitutional amendments. Provincial boundaries as of 2009, including the border changes by the 12th, 13th and 16th constitutional amendments.