Üsküdar, Türkiye

Maiden's Tower

The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower appeared on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknote from 1966 to 1981.

City
Üsküdar
Country
Türkiye
Category
Historic
Suggested visit
About 90 minutes

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