Galata Tower Turkey🇹🇷

🔶Galata Tower is a historical landmark on the slope of Galata Hill in the most urbanized, European part of Istanbul — Beyoglu district. 

🔶The building towers over the historical center of the Turkish capital and belongs to the most notable and visited monuments of the city.

🔶The first wooden tower on Galata Hill appeared in the V century. And the tower, which can be seen today, was built by the Genoese in the middle of the XIV century. 

🔶In the Middle Ages, the Galata Tower served as an observatory, a lookout platform and a prison. It became the place from where the first Turkish balloonist Hezarfen made a successful flight.

Galata Tower has gained a special love in the gaming community, appearing in Assassin's Creed: Revelations
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