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Saat Kulesi / Clock Tower Traditional Cache

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Terrain:
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Geocache Description:

This cache is located at the beautiful and busiest place at Izmir, named Konak Square. It is very important to search in stealth mode. If you found the container go to another location and log your found. After that attach the container as it was.

STEALTH MODE is important !!!!!

 

English:
If you searching the cache you are on the Konak Square. This is a busy square at the southern end of Atatürk Avenue in the Konak district of İzmir. The square is the busiest part of the city, as Konak is the main place of İzmir. The square is named after the Vali Konağı (Governor's Mansion) of İzmir Province, which is located here (konak means mansion in Turkish.)

On the place you find the Izmir Clock Tower (Turkish: İzmir Saat Kulesi), a historic clock tower. 
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.

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