Marble Tower
Istanbul, Turkey
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Marble Tower, built around 1400 in Istanbul, stands as a 25-meter-high defensive structure integrated into Constantinople's Byzantine-period city walls. Constructed from marble, brick, and stone, the tower exemplifies Byzantine military architecture and served multiple functions as both a fortification and dwelling. As part of the broader defensive system that protected the medieval city, it represents the later Byzantine era's approach to urban fortification.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- tower, dwelling, defense line
- Materials
- marble, brick, stone
- Height
- 25 m
- Place
- Istanbul, Turkey
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