Beyazıt Tower
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Beyazıt Tower
Beyazıt kulesi
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| Place: | Istanbul - Fatih | ||||||||
| Province: | Istanbul | ||||||||
| Country: | Turkey | ||||||||
| Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 28 ° 57 ′ 53.7 ″ E | |||||||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower | ||||||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower open to the public | ||||||||
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| Construction time : | 1828 | ||||||||
| Operating time: | since 1828 | ||||||||
| Last renovation (tower) : | 1889 | ||||||||
| Total height : | 85 m | ||||||||
| Data on the transmission system | |||||||||
| Send type: | Mobile marine radio | ||||||||
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The Beyazıt Tower ( Turkish Beyazıt kulesi or Serasker kulesi ) is in the Istanbul district of Fatih , in the district of Eminönü , on Beyazıt Square in the immediate vicinity of Istanbul University . The Beyazıt Tower has served as a fire watch since it was first built in 1749 and as a transmission tower for maritime traffic on the Golden Horn .
history
The first fire watchtower in Beyazıt was built from wood in 1749. During the great fire of Çibali in 1756 it burned down and was replaced by another tower in the same place. It was destroyed in the unrest that followed the upheavals of Sultan Mahmud II in 1826. In the same year another wooden tower was built. This tower was designed and built by the architect Krikor Amira Balyan and shortly afterwards set on fire by the Janissaries .
In 1828 the current 85 meter high Beyazıt Tower was built. It was built from stone by Senekerim Amira Balyan in the Ottoman style and named after the Sultan Bayezid II . The stone tower has a room on the top floor with an area of around 50 square meters and with 13 arched windows. This room is accessible by a wooden spiral staircase with 256 steps. The Beyazıt Tower was partially damaged by the earthquake of 1889 and subsequently restored.
