Galata Tower

The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is a medieval Genoese in the part of the district of , . Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—8:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historical tower in İstanbul
  • Also known as: “Christea Turris” and “Galata Kulesi”
  • Address: Bereketzade Mahallesi, İstanbul, 34420
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and The Jewish Museum of Turkey.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Museum
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is a Jewish museum and established by the Quincentennial Foundation to inform the society of the traditions and history of Turkish Jewry. is situated 180 metres northwest of Galata Tower.

Synagogue
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The is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Büyük Hendek Caddesi 61, in the quarter of the district of , in the of . is situated 190 metres northwest of Galata Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bereketzade and Galata.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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is the former name of the neighbourhood in , which is located at the northern shore of the . The district is connected to the historic district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the .

Quarter
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, the modern name for the old , is a commercial quarter in the district of , Turkey, located at the northern part of the mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.

Galata Tower

Latitude
41.02564° or 41° 1′ 32″ north
Longitude
28.97421° or 28° 58′ 27″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Inception
1348
Levels
9
Height
63 metres (205 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2XGF+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
6947662
Wiki­data ID
Q91274
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Galata Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Galata-toring”
  • Albanian: “Kulla e Gallatës”
  • Arabic: “برج غالاتا”
  • Arabic: “برج غالاطا”
  • Arabic: “برج غلطة”
  • Armenian: “Գալաթայի աշտարակ”
  • Asturian: “Torre Galata”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qalata qülləsi”
  • Bashkir: “Ғалата башняһы”
  • Bashkir: “Истанбулдағы Ғалата башняһы, Истанбулдың Ғалата башняһы-музейы”
  • Basque: “Galata dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Галацкая вежа”
  • Bosnian: “Kula Galata”
  • Bulgarian: “Галата”
  • Catalan: “torre de Gàlata”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Gàlata”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاوەری گالاتا”
  • Chinese: “加拉塔石塔”
  • Chinese: “加拉达塔”
  • Chinese: “加拉达石塔”
  • Chinese: “加拉達塔”
  • Chinese: “加拉達石塔/加拉达石塔”
  • Croatian: “Toranj Galata”
  • Czech: “Galatská věž”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qulay Galata”
  • Dutch: “Galatatoren”
  • Esperanto: “Galata-turo”
  • Estonian: “Galata torn”
  • Finnish: “Galatan torni”
  • French: “tour de Galata”
  • French: “Tour de Galata”
  • Georgian: “გალათას კოშკი”
  • Georgian: “გალატას კოშკი”
  • German: “Galataturm”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Γαλατά”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Γαλατά”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל גלאטה”
  • Hindi: “गलाता टवर”
  • Hungarian: “Galata Kulesi”
  • Hungarian: “Galata-torony”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Galata”
  • Italian: “Torre di Galata”
  • Japanese: “ガラタ塔”
  • Kazakh: “Галата мұнарасы”
  • Korean: “갈라타 타워”
  • Korean: “갈라타 탑”
  • Ladino: “La Kula de Galata”
  • Lithuanian: “Galata bokštas”
  • Macedonian: “Кула Галата”
  • Malay: “Galata”
  • Malay: “Menara Galata”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galatatårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Galatatårnet”
  • Ossetian: “Галатайы мæсыг”
  • Persian: “برج گالاتا”
  • Polish: “Galata Kulesi”
  • Polish: “Wieża Galata”
  • Polish: “Wieża Galaty”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Gálata”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Galata”
  • Russian: “Галатская башня”
  • Scots: “Galata Touer”
  • Serbian: “Кула Галата”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kula Galata”
  • Slovak: “Galata Kulesi”
  • Slovenian: “Galatski stolp”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قالاتا بورجو”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Galata”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Gálata”
  • Tatar: “Галата манарасы”
  • Turkish: “Galata Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Галатська башта”
  • Urdu: “برج غلطہ”
  • Urdu: “برج گالاتا”
  • Uzbek: “Galata qal’asi”
  • Venetian: “Tore de Galata”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلاٹا ٹاور”
  • Yakut: “Галата башнята”

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