Travel Turkey Galata Tower

Galata Tower is one of the most impressive outings in Istanbul, the Galata in the region. It was built by the Genoese in 1384th

The height is exactly 69.90 meters Galata. After lengthy calculations is that the tower weighs 10,000 tons and the wall thickness is 3.75 meters.

After the damage caused by the Crusades, the tower was later revised and expanded to 1445 to 1446th From the tower at the summit in Istanbul, is one of the few places where you can view a city of 16 million people.

The Genoese, the close relationship with the King said to the king Murat II in the construction of the second round, near the Galata Tower, and the name Murat II Tower.

Old buildings of this type would have begotten than they would for a longer period. A look back in history, it would be advisable that the tower was the scene of several suicide bombings. A boy of 15 years, that was the only son of a famous Turkish jumped the Tour the 1973rd And if you go one step further, an Austrian citizen in 1876 had secretly in Galata, while the guards were and then leave the top of the tower.

Istanbul is a fact that many wonderful journey, but this is certainly a piece of history that you do not want to miss.