Galata Tower
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is a medieval Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 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.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM–8:30 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historical tower in İstanbul
- Also known as: “Christea Turris”, “Galata”, “Torre de Galata”, “Истанбулдағы Ғалата башняһы, Истанбулдың Ғалата башняһы-музейы”, and “برج غالاطا”
- Address: Bereketzade Mahallesi, İstanbul, 34420
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Golden Horn and The Jewish Museum of Turkey.
The Jewish Museum of Turkey
Museum
Photo: Leandrostr, Public domain.Neve Shalom Synagogue
Synagogue
The Neve Shalom Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and… Neve Shalom Synagogue is situated 190 metres northwest of Galata Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bereketzade and Galata.
Galata Tower
- Categories: tower, museum, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.02564° or 41° 1′ 32″ north
Longitude
28.97421° or 28° 58′ 27″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Established
1348
Levels
9
Height
63 metres (205 feet)
Roof shape
pyramidal
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8GHC2XGF+7M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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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 غلطة”
- Armenian: “Գալաթայի աշտարակ”
- Asturian: “Torre Galata”
- Azerbaijani: “Qalata qülləsi”
- Bashkir: “Ғалата башняһы”
- 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-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: “Menara Galata”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galatatårnet”
- Norwegian: “Galatatårnet”
- Ossetian: “Галатайы мæсыг”
- Persian: “برج گالاتا”
- 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 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kuledibi and Müeyyedzade.
Nearby Places
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