Maiden’s Tower

Entrance Fee : 40 Turkish Lira

Visiting Hours :
09:00 – 19:00 Everyday of the week
No reservation needed for Breakfast & Lunch

Reservation form for Dinner

Address : Kabataş Vapur İskelesi / Beşiktaş / İstanbul

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Masterpiece Of The History Of Architecture

The Maiden’s Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander’s Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the medieval Byzantine period, is a tower lying on a small islet located at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. After the naval victory at Cyzicus, the ancient Athenian general Alcibiades possibly built a custom station for ships coming from the Black Sea on a small rock in front of Chrysopolis (today’s Üsküdar). In 1110 Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus built a wooden tower protected by a stone wall. From the tower an iron chain stretched across to another tower erected on the European shore, at the quarter of Mangana in Constantinople.