Architecture

In the planning, the architects did not take into account that the terrain on which it was built was muddy and very unstable.

Five workers were killed during the construction.

No traces of living quarters for the elite have been found, no graves with luxury goods, and no traces indicating differences in food quality.

It is built of white marble, has eight floors. Its weight is estimated at 14 thousand tons.

Its height is 96,3 m, and each of the four clock faces is 7 m in diameter. A spiral staircase of 334 ...

From 1934 to 2020, the temple served as a museum, and after a decision invalidating the 1934 decree and a decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it was turned back into a mosque.

Many people decide to get married in this church.

Although the Latin inscription to the right of the entrance to the tower gives the date 1174, this refers to the Pisan calendar, which is one year longer than the Gregorian calendar.

Throughout history, the castle took on various forms, the style of the building changed, and the Ger ...

The bay covers an area of about 500 square kilometers, with a second granite islet, Tombelaine, in a ...