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Jakob December 19th, 2004, 05:05 PM Galata Tower in Istanbul was built by Italians on a strategic point in 1348 and during the Ottoman period it was used as a prison.
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Genç December 23rd, 2004, 02:36 PM Galata Tower is a fantastic building, and it's difficult to believe that it's been around for hundreds of years. The views are incredible!
Also, the first pic really shows how much of a hilly terrain Istanbul is built upon! The building on the far right (Ritz - Carlton) is in fact 154m tall, but only the top part can be seen!
Genç December 23rd, 2004, 02:37 PM Oh btw, I rate it 9/10
DamienK December 23rd, 2004, 05:21 PM 8/10
212 December 25th, 2004, 01:52 PM Impressive. For architectural history, it's hard to beat Istanbul ...
Fabio January 24th, 2005, 11:47 PM 7.5/10
interesting for the historic value
Jakob August 15th, 2005, 09:44 PM Look at this perfect location:
http://wowturkey.com/tr52/Oguz_Meric_galata.jpg
www.sercan.de August 15th, 2005, 10:36 PM The Galata Tower built in 1349 have been constructed for the defence of the city, the tower was used as a kind of prison for some time and later as a fire-wachting tower during the Ottoman period. in the 17th century Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi launched himself off the top of the tower wearing wings which he had made for himself, and successfully completed the fligt across the Bosphorus to Üsküdar.
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Indexi August 15th, 2005, 11:17 PM Nice, 8.5/10 :)
yugoboy August 16th, 2005, 02:29 AM 10/10
Wonderful tower, but even better views.:)
Valia August 16th, 2005, 03:22 AM 9/10
great medieval tower and very high for those days
Ellatur August 16th, 2005, 04:30 AM 9.5/10 :)
Phobos August 17th, 2005, 12:05 AM 9/10
Very elegant tower!
DrJekyll August 18th, 2005, 01:12 AM elegant, magnificient, cute...
My favourite corner in istanbul!
10/10
intresant August 18th, 2005, 01:15 AM 10/10!!
Flatiron August 18th, 2005, 01:26 AM Marvelous!
System_Halted August 23rd, 2005, 10:11 PM http://wowturkey.com/tr37/osman_k_galata.jpg
http://wowturkey.com/tr58/sina_NLights_of_GalataWooow.jpg
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Galata Tower at 2000's
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Galata Tower at 1920's
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A view from the tower
http://wowturkey.com/tr40/Cagatay_GT00.jpg
LMCA1990 August 23rd, 2005, 10:21 PM wasn't this tower in the amazing race??? anyway, ilike it so, i give it an 8/10 :)
El_Greco August 24th, 2005, 02:10 AM 8/10
forvine December 12th, 2005, 11:18 AM 7.5/10
Sinjin P. December 24th, 2005, 05:04 AM 8/10
Mosaic June 5th, 2006, 11:43 AM 7.5/10
crossbowman June 9th, 2006, 05:17 PM Nothing special (in terms of architecture)...7,5/10
marpa July 23rd, 2006, 07:54 PM 8,5/10
LordMarshall July 23rd, 2006, 09:27 PM 10/10
delmaule November 9th, 2006, 06:27 PM 8/10
gutooo June 27th, 2007, 01:25 AM 9.5/10
Dreamlıneя July 2nd, 2007, 09:19 AM 8/10
Lor86MI August 19th, 2007, 07:43 PM 9/10
Popiel December 7th, 2007, 08:06 PM 7,5/10 :)
Sbz2ifc December 11th, 2007, 10:36 PM 9/10
_zner_ May 26th, 2008, 10:49 AM 8.5 :D
Nikkodemo June 18th, 2008, 08:00 AM 8/10
W!CKED July 9th, 2008, 02:53 AM 7.5/10
Ballota July 25th, 2008, 04:19 PM 7/10 :cheers:
ZZ-II August 3rd, 2008, 12:29 AM 8/10
CreaTurco November 21st, 2008, 01:04 AM 10 10 10 10 10
henry hill November 21st, 2008, 01:51 AM 8/10
tonyssa June 2nd, 2009, 03:25 PM 9/10
Jan Del Castillo September 26th, 2009, 11:34 AM 8. Good. Regards.
Imperfect Ending October 18th, 2009, 02:30 AM 8/10
Srdjan Adamovic October 25th, 2009, 11:49 AM 9/10
Heroico January 21st, 2010, 08:12 PM 8/10
romanito August 18th, 2010, 07:24 PM 9/10
yudibali2008 May 31st, 2011, 11:15 AM 9.5/10
mossimoh June 19th, 2011, 11:40 PM 7/10
dnh310 June 20th, 2011, 10:01 AM 9/10
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