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The Maiden's Tower (Kiz Kulesi)

The Maidens tower was once used as a prison, than as lighthouse and nowadays contains a restaurant and a café. In the evening the music live acts in the restaurant are very popular. For more information about latest events see also www.kizkulesi.com.tr. Opening hours Tue-Sun 10-23.

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Originally the tower was first built by the general Alcibiades in 408 BC as control point for Persian ships coming to Istanbul. Later the tower was enlarged and served as a fortress.There are many legends about the the Maiden`s tower and its location. A legend says that the tower was built to protect the daughter of the sultan from a snake-bite as a fortune predictor had augured she will die before her 18th birthday. However the sultan's daughter met her fate : The sultan brought as a present for his daughter`s 18th birthday a basket of exotic fruits where the predicted death-bringing asp had been hiding. The tower is also known under the name Leander's Tower, which goes back to another legend: the ancient Greek myth of Hero and Leander.

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