- Type
- Castle
- Built
- 1226 · 13th century
- Style
- Razi style
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 36.5364°, 31.9981°
History
The tower was built in 1226 on the orders of the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I, a few years after he captured Alanya and made it his winter residence. According to the inscription over the entrance, its builder was Ebu Ali of Aleppo. It was meant to guard the harbour and the nearby shipyard, and also anchored the lower end of the walls running down from the headland to the sea. The octagonal building is about 33 metres high and almost 29 metres across; the lower part is of stone, the upper of reddish brick, which gives it the name Kızıl Kule. The tower was restored in the 1950s and later turned into an ethnographic museum.
What to see
The tower's five storeys are arranged around a central pillar that holds a rainwater cistern. Inside is an ethnographic display of traditional costumes, carpets and everyday objects. The rooftop terrace looks over the harbour, Cleopatra Beach and the walls climbing the castle hill, and a waterfront path leads to the Seljuk shipyard cut into the rock.
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