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Maiden´s Tower
Considered to be symbolic of Istanbul, this tiny tower was established
on a small island at the entrance of the Bosphorus. In the past, it was
used as a watchtower and a lighthouse, until its present purpose of a
tourist attraction.
Western sources describe this as Leander’s Tower,
who was drowned while swimming, to reach his lover Hera. Another story
suggests that it was a tower where an emperor’s daughter put her there
for security, having dreamt that she would be bitten by a snake. |
FETHIYE
BODRUM
MARMARIS
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