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The galata tower was built in1384it was the highpoint in the city walls of the

Genoese colony called Galata

 

During the first centuries of Ottoman era the Galata tower was occupied by a

detachment of Janissaries, the elite corps of the Turkish Army. In the sisteenth

century the tower was used to house prisoners of war, who were usualy consigned

as galley slaves in the ottoman arsenal at Kasimpasa on the golden horn.

 

During the reign of Selim 2nd (1566-1574) the Galata Tower was used as an

observation point by the renowed Turkish astronomer Takiuddin, who had his main

observatory in Pera. In the following century, during the reign of Mustafa 2nd (1695 -

1703) the seyhulislam Feyzulah efendi tried to set up an astronomical observatory in

the tower with with the aid of a Jesuit priest, but the effort was cut short when he

was killed in 1703.

 

The Galata Tower was reconstructed on a number of occasions in the Ottoman

period, most notably, after a great fire that destroyed much of Galata in 1794 (during

the reign of Selim III) and by Mahmut II in 1832. the tower's conical cap was blown

off during a storm in 1875, and it was not replaced in the subsequent restoration.

The tower was used as a fire- control station until 1964, when it was closed for

restoratiom before being opened in 1967 as a tourist attraction. The conical cap was

replaced in this restoration, giving the tower much the same appearance as it had in

Genoese times, though retaining the changes in fenestration and other structual

aspects done in the Ottoman period.

Güzel bir manzara çalışması.. Soldaki ışık kareye hareket kazandırmış, çok hoş.. Gökyüzü mavisi keşke biraz daha fazla olsaydı.. Ufuktaki kızıllıkta artacak ve daha hoş bir görüntü ortaya çıkacaktı, diye düşünüyorum.. Aşağıdan da biraz daha kadraja alınabilirdi diye düşünüyorum.. Bu haliyle de çok güzel, ellerinize sağlık.. 7/6

... Mehmet beyin yazdıklarına bende katılıyorum ... ( iyi bayramlar mutlu yarınlar )