Galata Tower

Galata Tower - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Galata Tower (), officially the Galata Tower Museum (), is an old Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the (lost) Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul. Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 1348

Source: en.wikipedia.org