Known as Maiden's or Leander's Tower, Kız Kulesi was constructed 2500 years ago. It's history begins from Ancient Greek civilizations and continues with Byzantium and Ottoman civilizations and many stories were told about its history. Ovidius documented a story about leander's Tower. The story is about the love between Hero and leandros. One night leandros was trying to reach to Tower by swimming to reach to his secret love. The light of Tower goes off and Leandros drawns when he was trying to meet his love... (Location: İstanbul)

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