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BEYAZIT TOWER
Almost all houses of old Istanbul were made of wood, and fire was therefore a very real threat and caused horrible disasters. This 50 meter high stone fire tower was built in 1828 by famed architects of the Balyan family on order of Sultan Mahmud II
The Fire Tower in Constantinople - 1910
A painting printed into a book displaying a fire in Constantinople.