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The
Galata Tower (Turkish Galata Kulesi) is located in Istanbul
in Turkey to the north of the Golden Horn. One of the city's most
striking landmarks, it is a huge, cone-capped cylinder that
dominates the skyline on the Galata side of the Golden Horn. The
original tower was destroyed during the Fourth Crusade, but it was
rebuilt as the Tower of Christ in 1348 during an expansion of the
Genoese colony in Constantinople. It was the apex of the
fortifications of Genoese Galata.
The
tower was rebuilt several times during the Ottoman period and it was
used at times by the Mevlevi Order of dervishes for their sema
ceremonies. In the 1990s it was restored and opened to the public.
There is a modern restaurant and cafe on its upper floors which
commands a magnificent view of Istanbul and the Bosphorus.
In
17th century, Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi flew as the first aviator using
artificial wings from this tower over the Bosphorus to the slopes of
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