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Galata Tower

Turkey

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi), officially the Galata Tower Museum (Galata Kulesi Müzesi), 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.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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