Ahırkapı Lighthouse
The Ahırkapı Feneri, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located at the southern Seraglio Point on the Rumelian coast of Bosporus' south entrance, in Ahırkapı neighborhood of Istanbul's Fatih district, Turkey.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum. Hagia Sophia is situated 520 metres northwest of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.
Topkapı Palace
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Topkapı Palace is situated 730 metres north of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.
Sultan Ahmed Square
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 Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. Sultan Ahmed Square is situated 790 metres west of Ahırkapı Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Eminönü
Quarter
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
Eminönü, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.
Ahırkapı Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.00631° or 41° 0′ 23″ northLongitude
28.98546° or 28° 59′ 8″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8GHC2X4P+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 109169902OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12122457Wikidata 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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