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'''Nusretiye Clock Tower''', aka '''Tophane Clock Tower''', is a [[clock tower]] situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in [[Beyoğlu]] district of [[ |
'''Nusretiye Clock Tower''', aka '''Tophane Clock Tower''', is a [[clock tower]] situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in [[Beyoğlu]] district of [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] next to [[Nusretiye Mosque]] and Tophane Kiosk at the [[Europe]]an waterfront of [[Bosphorus]]. It was ordered by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[sultan]] [[Abdul Mejid I]] (1823-1861), and constructed by the renowned [[Armenians|Armenian]] architect [[Balyan family#Garabet Amira Balyan|Garabet Amira Balyan]] in 1848. |
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Designed in [[neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A [[tughra]] of Sultan Abdul Mejid I is put on above the entrance. The original [[clock]] and the clock face are in a state of disrepair. The clock tower along with Nusretiye Mosque and the Tophane Kiosk survived urban renewal and highway construction program mid 1950s. <ref>[http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 Nusretiye Mosque<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of İstanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. <ref> http://www.sihirlitur.com/gazete/sayfa5.html {{tr icon}}</ref> |
Designed in [[neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A [[tughra]] of Sultan Abdul Mejid I is put on above the entrance. The original [[clock]] and the clock face are in a state of disrepair. The clock tower along with Nusretiye Mosque and the Tophane Kiosk survived urban renewal and highway construction program mid 1950s. <ref>[http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 Nusretiye Mosque<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of İstanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. <ref> http://www.sihirlitur.com/gazete/sayfa5.html {{tr icon}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:38, 3 March 2009
Nusretiye Clock Tower, aka Tophane Clock Tower, is a clock tower situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey next to Nusretiye Mosque and Tophane Kiosk at the European waterfront of Bosphorus. It was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Mejid I (1823-1861), and constructed by the renowned Armenian architect Garabet Amira Balyan in 1848.
Designed in neo-classical style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A tughra of Sultan Abdul Mejid I is put on above the entrance. The original clock and the clock face are in a state of disrepair. The clock tower along with Nusretiye Mosque and the Tophane Kiosk survived urban renewal and highway construction program mid 1950s. [1] However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of İstanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. [2]
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