İzmit Clock Tower
İzmit, Turkey
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The İzmit Clock Tower stands in İzmit, Turkey, and was built in 1902 to mark the 25th anniversary of Sultan Abdülhamid II's accession to the throne. Designed by Vedat Tek on the order of governor Musa Kazım Bey, the neoclassical tower is 16.4 metres high and has four floors, with fountains on the ground floor, the clock on the top floor, and the sultan's seal on the middle facades. It was restored in 2006 and has become the symbol of the city.
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- Built
- Type
- clock tower
- Height
- 16.4 m
- Place
- İzmit, Turkey
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