TRAVEL
Galata Tower
…from the past to the present…
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. ”
― Michael Crichton
Hi there,
Istanbul is more like a country in itself than a city. Here you can actually find whatever you want. History and modern life are combined.
Galata tower is located on the European side and there are many nice cafes around where you can grab a drink. There is a great place to study near Galata Tower and the name of that place is Salt Galata, I used to go there and study when I was a student.
Galata Tower was built in 528 by the Byzantine emperor Anastasius Oilosuz, next to the Bosphorus, to guide the sailors.
The building was originally built from wood. It was damaged by fire in 1204 and was rebuilt by the Genoese in 1348 out of stone to make it stronger.
The tower passed to the Turks with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453. It was used for various purposes such as an observatory…
