Galata Tower , located in the Galata district of Istanbul and is one of the city's most important symbols is a tower built in the year 528 . From the tower of the Bosphorus , Golden Horn and Istanbul , with panoramic can be monitored .
Galata Tower is one of the world's oldest tower , in the year 528 by the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius lighthouse tower was built as . IV in the year 1204 . The tower was destroyed in a wide crusade , then in 1348 " Tower of Christ " in the name using stone masonry walls in addition to the Genoese Galata was rebuilt by . Again in 1348 when the building was the city's largest .
17 In the first half of the century IV. Murat Ahmet Çelebi Hezarfen period , Okmeydanı flight training in the winds do not protect , then plugging it into the back of the eagle's wing , which was built of wood in 1638 from the Galata Tower to Üsküdar- Dogancilar flew . This flight was met with interest in Europe , in the UK showing that flight yapılmıştır.1717 engravings from the fire tower was used as observation tower . Fire , to hear the people notice a big drum was stolen . III. Selim during the major part of which was burned in a fire tower . In 1831, another fire tower repaired damaged and was repaired again . Cone is overturned in a storm in 1875 . In 1967, the last completed all repairs , starting in 1965, the tower 's current view is provided .
Galata Tower Properties
From the ground up to the end of the roof height is 69.90 meters. Wall thickness 3.75 m, inner diameter 8.95 m, the outside diameter 16:45 meters. According to calculations made static weight of about 10,000 tons, thick body made of unworked rubble.
Importance of Galata Tower
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