Galata Tower Wood Print

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Sunrise on the Galata Tower. Istanbul, Turkey. October 2012.
It is believed that Galata Tower (in Turkish Galata Kulesi) was first built in Byzantium time by the emperor Anastasius in AD 507, as a wooden lighthouse. The tower was named “Megalas Pyrgos (Great Tower)”. During the crusade in 1204, the tower was largely destroyed. However, when Genoese colony was expanded in Galata, the tower was rebuilt in 1348. This time, it was named “Christea Turris (Tower of Christ)”. It was the tallest building in Constantinople (66.9 meters) and the tower's shape closely matched that of today’s tower. After the Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople, Genoese handed over the key to Galata Tower to the Ottoman Empire. Quickly, Mehmet the Conqueror ordered the destruction of the cross shaped cone. During Bayezid II’s reign, the tower was nearly destroyed in an earthquake.
In the 16th century, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the tower was used as a dungeon. Later on...

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