İzmir Clock Tower

Izmir Clock Tower
İzmir Saat Kulesi
General information
Type Clock tower
Architectural style Eclectic, neoclassical, Ottoman architecture
Location İzmir, Turkey
Address Konak Square, Konak
Coordinates 38°25′8.04″N 27°07′43.32″E / 38.4189000°N 27.1287000°E / 38.4189000; 27.1287000Coordinates: 38°25′8.04″N 27°07′43.32″E / 38.4189000°N 27.1287000°E / 38.4189000; 27.1287000
Completed 1901
Height 25 m (82 ft)
Design and construction
Architect Raymond Charles Père
From the East

Izmir Clock Tower (Turkish: İzmir Saat Kulesi) is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey.

The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père and built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdülhamid II's accession to the throne (reigned 1876–1909). The clock itself was a gift from German Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888–1918). It is decorated in an elaborate Ottoman architecture style. The tower, which has an iron and lead skeleton, is 25 m (82 ft) high and features four fountains (şadırvan), which are placed around the base in a circular pattern. The columns are inspired by Moorish themes.

The clock tower was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknotes of 1983-1989.[1]

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Reverse of the 500 lira banknote (1983-1989)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. Banknote Museum: 7. Emission Group - Five Hundred Turkish Lira - I. Series & II. Series. – Retrieved on 20 April 2009.

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