Maiden’s Tower
Maiden’s Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander’s Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. Maiden’s Tower was first built by the ancient Athenian general Alcibiades in 408 BC to control […]
