Maiden's Tower
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Tower in Turkey
The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.
The tower appeared on the reverse of the Turkish 10 lira banknote from 1966 to 1981.
Address: Salacak, 34668 Üsküdar/İstanbul, Türkiye
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 9 PM