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'''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]] [[Abdülmecid I]] ( |
'''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]] [[Abdülmecid I]] (1823–1861), designed by architect [[Balyan family#Garabet Amira Balyan|Garabet Amira Balyan]] and completed 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 Abdülmecid 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 the urban renewal and highway construction program of the mid-1950s. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 |title=Nusretiye Mosque<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525053854/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 |archive-date=2006-05-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of Istanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. <ref> http://www.sihirlitur.com/gazete/sayfa5.html {{in lang|tr}}</ref> |
Designed in [[neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A [[tughra]] of Sultan Abdülmecid 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 the urban renewal and highway construction program of the mid-1950s. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 |title=Nusretiye Mosque<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525053854/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7443 |archive-date=2006-05-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of Istanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. <ref> http://www.sihirlitur.com/gazete/sayfa5.html {{in lang|tr}}</ref> |
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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 Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), designed by architect Garabet Amira Balyan and completed in 1848.
Designed in neo-classical style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A tughra of Sultan Abdülmecid 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 the urban renewal and highway construction program of the mid-1950s. [1] However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of Istanbul Port, cut off from the public access today. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "Nusretiye Mosque". Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2006-09-04.
- ^ http://www.sihirlitur.com/gazete/sayfa5.html (in Turkish)
External links
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