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The Seven Towers, Constantinople -  - 1856
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The Seven Towers, Constantinople

Date1856
TechniqueWoodblock Engraving (Newspaper-Text on Reverse)
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceThe İllustrated London News (November 08 1856-Title Page)

Description

It is a group of land walls and towers that surround Istanbul from the southwest, also known as the Seven Tower Dungeons. Four of these towers were built by the Byzantine Emperors, and three of them by the Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. Now, it is an open air museum.