The Red Tower ( Turkish : Kızıl Kule ) is a historical tower in the Turkish city of Alanya . The building is considered to be the symbol of the city, and is used on the city's flag .
5-589: Red Tower may refer to: Structures [ edit ] Red Tower (Alanya) , a 13th-century building in Alanya, Turkey Red Tower (Pärnu) , a 15th-century tower in Pärnu, Estonia Red Tower (York) , a 15th-century tower in York, England Bengħisa Tower , a small 17th-century watchtower in Malta (now demolished) Saint Agatha's Tower ,
10-682: A large 17th-century watchtower in Malta Bissell Street Water Tower , a 19th-century standpipe water tower in College Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S Torre Rossa , an ancient tower in Asti, Italy A Roman sepulchral monument in Fiumefreddo di Sicilia Other uses [ edit ] The Red Tower, a setting in the 2000 novel The Fall by Garth Nix The Red Tower , a 1913 painting by Giorgio de Chirico Topics referred to by
15-553: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red Tower (Alanya) Construction of the building began in the early reign of the Anatolian Seljuq Sultan Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I and was completed in 1226. The sultan brought the accomplished architect Ebu Ali Reha from Aleppo , Syria , to Alanya to complete the building. The octagonal red brick tower protects
20-526: The Tersane ( shipyard ) which dates from 1221. The name derives from the more red color brick he used in its construction. The building itself is 33 m (108 ft) high and 12.5 m (41 ft) wide. It remains one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture, and is the best preserved Seljuk building in the city. In 1979 the city opened the Ethnographic Museum of Alanya inside of
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