Ahırkapı Lighthouse

The Ahırkapı Feneri, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located at the southern Seraglio Point on the Rumelian coast of ' south entrance, in Ahırkapı neighborhood of 's district, .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ahirkap Feneri”, “Ahirkapi Lighthouse”, “Ahırkap Feneri”, “Ahırkapı Feneri”, and “Ahırkapı lighthouse”
  • Address: Kennedy caddesi

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace.

Mosque
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, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a . is situated 520 metres northwest of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.

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The or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the district of in . From the 1460s to the completion of in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. is situated 730 metres north of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 790 metres west of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of within the district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.

Ahırkapı Lighthouse

Latitude
41.00631° or 41° 0′ 23″ north
Longitude
28.98546° or 28° 59′ 8″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X4P+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 109169902
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
12122457
Wiki­data ID
Q4696460
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ahırkapı Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منارة أهيركابي”
  • Bashkir: “Ахыркапы маяғы”
  • French: “phare d’Ahirkapi”
  • French: “Phare d’Ahirkapi”
  • German: “Ahırkapı-Leuchtturm”
  • German: “Leuchtturm Ahirkapi”
  • Italian: “Faro di Ahırkapı”
  • Polish: “Ahirkapi”
  • Russian: “маяк Ахыркапы”
  • Russian: “Маяк Ахыркапы”
  • Swedish: “Ahırkapı fyr”
  • Turkish: “Ahırkapı feneri”
  • Turkish: “Ahırkapı Feneri”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахиркапи”

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