The Maiden’s Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander’s Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the medieval Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.
Maiden’s Tower and the Seraglio PointMap of Constantinople (1422) by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti, showing Pera at the north of the Golden Horn, Constantinople at south, and the Maiden’s Tower at right, in the middle of the sea, near the coast of Üsküdar on the Asian side of the Bosphorus.Maiden’s Tower at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus, with the Seraglio Point in the background.Maiden’s Tower on the reverse of the 10 lira banknote (1966–1981)
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