Yıldız Clock Tower (Turkish: Yıldız Saat Kulesi),[1] is a clock tower situated next to the courtyard of the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, in Yıldız neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey at the European side of Bosphorus.
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History
editThe tower was ordered by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918) in 1889, and the construction completed in 1890.
Structure
editThe three-story structure in Ottoman and neo-Gothic style has an octagonal plan. Outside the first floor, there are four inscriptions, the second floor contains a thermometer and a barometer, and the top floor is the clock room. The clock was repaired in 1993. Atop the decorative roof, a compass rose is found.
See also
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edit- ^ "YILDIZ CLOCK TOWER". en.besiktas.bel.tr. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
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41°02′59″N 29°00′35″E / 41.0498°N 29.0098°E
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