Kız kulesi (Istanbul, Turkey)

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Name (Latin)
Kız kulesi (Istanbul, Turkey)
Other forms of name
Kiz-Koullesy (Istanbul, Turkey)
Leander's Tower (Istanbul, Turkey)
Leandros, Tower of (Istanbul, Turkey)
Maiden's Tower (Istanbul, Turkey)
Tower of Leandros (Istanbul, Turkey)
Coordinates
29.00416667 29.00416667 41.02111111 41.02111111 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Lighthouses Turkey
MARC
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q848397
Library of congress: sh2006008572
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2005337362: Baykara, T. Kız kulesi, 2004:p. 127 (la tour dite de Leandre ou Kiz-Koullesy (Tour de la Fille))
  • Meydan Larousse(Kız kulesi, a lighthouse in the bay of Istanbul, near the shore at Harem and Salacak [in Üsküdar])
  • Wikipedia, Dec. 28, 2006(Maiden's Tower, Istanbul (Turkish Kız Kulesi), also known in ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros))
  • Google, 5 Dec 2006(Kız kulesi, the Maiden's Tower; 289,000 hits for Kız kulesi)
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Wikipedia description:

The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower appeared on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknote from 1966 to 1981.

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