Turkey. Constantinople - Leander's Tower
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Maiden's Tower or Leander's Tower (Kiz Kulesi). It was erected on a small islet at the Southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait in 1725. Engraving by Lemaitre and Arnout. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
Picture No
13752157
Media ID
47832129
Size
3012px x 3940px
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Credit
© Thaliastock / Mary Evans
Source
Augustin Francois Lemaitre (179 - Private Collection - Thaliastock
