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Red Tower (Alanya)

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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.
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Museum of Alanya inside of the tower. Besides providing visitors with a history of the tower and town, the museum gives attention to the
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and was completed in 1226. The sultan brought the accomplished architect Ebu Ali Reha from
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Construction of the building began in the early reign of the Anatolian
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Kızıl Kule

Tower
Seljuk
Alanya
Turkey
Turkish
Turkish
Alanya
city's flag

Seljuq
Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I
Aleppo
Syria
shipyard
Ethnographic
heraldry
double headed eagle
reverse
lira banknotes
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