Galata Tower Claimed

The restoration work was completed in accordance with the rules of science and art, and the building was arranged to both protect our cultural heritage and host visitors and migratory swifts. The studies are supported by extensive practices by professional climbers.

In the Galata Tower, which will reopen to visitors as of May 25, 2024, controlled entries will be allowed at a maximum of 100 people per hour within the framework of the visitor management plan.

Galata Tower entrance fee is 650 Turkish Liras in 2024. Since Galata Tower is now connected to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a museum card is valid at the entrance. Information on ticket prices was last updated on December 6, 2023. Galata Tower entrance fee for foreign tourists is 650 TL.

Each floor of the Galata Tower contains important historical information, artifacts and documents about both the tower and Istanbul. It also hosts interactive experiences such as animation, simulation and games. The restaurant located at the top of the Galata Tower is no longer located in the tower.

According to legend, Galata is madly in love with the Maiden's Tower. Such a love that loving the Maiden's Tower is the biggest reason why Galata remains standing. Galata's love brings the seas to the point of overflowing every moment he spends his time watching her. This is the legend; The Bosphorus prevents these two lovers from coming together.

It is located on a hill at an altitude of 35 m, in the Galata district that gave it its name. The height of the Romanesque style cylindrical masonry tower from the ground to the tip of the roof is 62.59 m. The foundation of the building, which is located on a rocky and clayey-schist soil, is made of solid stone.

Entrance to Galata Tower is free for students and teachers under the age of 18. At the same time, holders of the Museum Card, which is purchased for 60 Turkish Liras, have the right to enter the Galata Tower free of charge.

GALATA TOWER T.R. Museum Card is valid for its citizens. NOTE: Within the framework of the visitor management plan, controlled entries will be allowed with a maximum of 100 people per hour.

This legend dates back to Roman times. According to the belief at that time, a man and a woman who went up to the Galata Tower together for the first time would definitely get married. However, if one of the parties had climbed the tower before, this spell would be broken. In addition, if the couple who will climb the tower together is destined not to meet, they will definitely encounter an obstacle.

Galata Tower is open to visitors every day of the week between 08:30 and 23:00. You can enter Galata Tower at 22:00 at the latest.

You will marry whoever you climb to the Galata Tower first!

The stories told about the Galata Tower have influenced listeners for centuries. One of these stories was told by the Romans. It is said that if a man and a woman climb the tower together, their marriage will take place.

Using the elevator shaft in the existing architecture of the tower, 2 elevators with a capacity of 630 kg, 7 stops, without a machine room, and a speed of 1.6 m/s were built using gearless environmentally friendly motors and control technology.

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With Mehmed's decree, the destruction was stopped and the destroyed part was rebuilt. The tower, which was damaged in the earthquake of 1509, was repaired by 1510. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it functioned as a place to hold prisoners of war and a supply store, and as of the 18th century, it functioned as a fire tower for the Janissary Corps and fire watchers.

Galata Tower was first built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinianos in 507 - 508 AD. The Genoese rebuilt the current tower in 1348 - 49. The tower was raised between 1445 - 46. It was damaged by an earthquake in the 1500s and was repaired by Architect Murad bin Hayreddin.

With the decision taken on 21 June 2013, during the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee, Galata Tower was included among the architectural works in the series called "Castle and Walled Settlements on the Genoese Trade Route from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" on Turkey's UNESCO Temporary World Heritage list. took.

According to his narrative in Seyahatnâme, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi threw himself into the void by wearing a device similar to bird wings from the Galata Tower in a southwest wind in 1632, glided 3,358 meters over the Bosphorus and landed in Doğancılar Square in Üsküdar, and with this event, the public It is known among.

During this period, there was a cafe and a restaurant on the top two floors of the tower. In the same year, it was included in the Tentative List of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. In 2019, its ownership and operation passed to the General Directorate of Foundations. After the work carried out in 2020, the tower was organized as a museum and exhibition space.

It was rebuilt by the Genoese in 1348. The tower was raised in 1445-1446. With the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottomans in 1453, the Galata Tower passed to the Ottomans.

There is a ticket control and security point on the ground floor. The first floor is used as a museum store. There is an exhibition on part of the second floor describing the period when the tower was used as an observatory. In the other part, an animation of Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi gliding from the Galata Tower is shown.

Galata Tower was first built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinianos in 507-508 AD. The Genoese rebuilt the current tower in 1348 - 49. The tower was raised between 1445 - 46. It was damaged by an earthquake in the 1500s and was repaired by Architect Murad bin Hayreddin.

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Galata Tower/Age(1349)

Galata Tower is 68 meters high and the top of the tower is at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level. There are 211 stone and wooden steps up to the top of the tower, 95 of which are stone.

There were two elevators in Galata Tower. An elevator shaft (bucket) was created with a structural addition to the Tower in 1964, and the elevators have survived to this day through a series of modernizations.

Those who come to Galata Kuledibi to spend time on Saturday evening show great interest in the Galata Tower, which has a different look with orange lighting. Citizens and tourists take many souvenir photos with the 'orange Galata Tower'.

Evliya Çelebi described the tower as "It is a square, artistically constructed high tower, located in the sea, an arrow's throw away from the land. Its height is exactly 80 (eighty) cubits. Its surface area is two hundred steps. It has doors on two sides." He described it with his words:

Restoration work on the Galata Tower, which started on November 1, continues. As part of the works, the observation terrace of the tower was closed to visitors. Istanbul Surveying and Monuments Directorate Senior Architect Restoration Specialist Nevhiz Deniz Koyukan said that the copper fin of the tower will be brought down in 4 pieces.

The weight of the tower, which has a thick body made of unprocessed rubble stone, is approximately 10,000 tons.

You should examine the inscription on the entrance gate of the Galata Tower, which includes a poem by Poet Ethem Pertev Pasha, and the inscription on the ground floor, which was hung in 1953, coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul.

The historical tower where you can see Istanbul 360 degrees. On the ridges of Karaköy. Both itself and the cafes etc. around it are crowded at all hours of the day. You go up by elevator and down by stairs. There is always a queue at the entrance. You can enter the museum with a card.