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Çamlıca Tower
Küçük Çamlıca TV & Radio Tower (), or simply Çamlıca Tower, () is a telecommunications tower with observation decks and restaurants on Little Çamlıca Hill in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. The total height of the tower is , of which is a 49-storey reinforced concrete structure with below ground. The height of the tower's steel antenna is . With a total height of above sea level, it carries the title of the highest structure in Istanbul. The structure was chosen by then prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the Çamlıca Hill TV & Radio Tower Idea Project, which was opened by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 2011. Construction started in late 2016 and finished four years later in September 2020. However, the project was set to be completed by the end of 2019. It was inaugurated on May 29, 2021. After the tower was put into service, other antennas and antenna towers such as Çamlıca TRT Television Tower were either removed or demolished. Archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Çamlıca Hill
Çamlıca Hill () (), aka Big Çamlıca Hill () to differentiate it from the nearby Little Çamlıca Hill (), is a hill in the Üsküdar district of the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. At above sea level, Çamlıca Hill offers a panoramic view of the southern part of Bosphorus and the mouth of the Golden Horn. The hill is a popular visitor attraction with Ottoman culture, Ottoman-themed teahouses, cafes and a restaurant inside a public park with monumental trees, flower gardens and fountains, run by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Noteworthy structures Çamlıca Mosque On completion in 2019, Çamlıca Mosque became the largest mosque in Asia Minor, able to accommodate 63,000 people and incorporating a museum, art gallery, library, conference hall and underground parking lot. Çamlıca Tower Prior to 2021 numerous radio masts and towers (such as Çamlıca TRT Television Tower) occupied much of the available land on the hill. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |