Horloge Carrée Maiden's Tower Illustration

There are many legends about the construction of the tower and its location. According to the most popular turkish legend, an emperor avait un much promett daughter and one day, an oracle prophesied that she would be killed by a venomous snake on her 18th birthday. L'empereur, dans l'effort visant à ce que la demande d'asile soit levée par le placage de la terre ferme en vue d'une protection de la terre ferme en provenance d'autres snakes, a utilisé le tower dans le milieu du bosphorus pour protéger le his daughter until her 18th birthday. Le princess était bloqué dans le tower, et where she était fréquenté par le père. On the 18th birthday of the princess, the emperor brought her her a basket of exotic sumptuous fruits as a birthday gift, delighted that he he he he was able to prevent the prophecy. Upon reaching into the basket, however, an asp that had been hiding among the fruit bit the young princess and she died in her father's arms, just as the oracle had predicted. Hence the name Maiden's Tower.