The Maiden's Tower on its small islet in the Bosphorus, with boats on the water and distant hills behind, in late-afternoon light.

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Maiden's Tower

The Maiden's Tower stands on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus, 200 metres off the Üsküdar shore. Fortified by the Byzantines, who stretched a chain from it across the strait in the 12th century, it was rebuilt several times under the Ottomans and served as a lighthouse; after a restoration it reopened in 2023 as a museum reached by boat from Salacak.

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Sun09:00–18:00

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