Galata Tower (old) enabling them to enter the harbor and attack the city from the sea, where the walls were more easily scaled. This tower should not be confused with the present-day Galata Tower, which is still standing. The current tower was built by the Genoese in 1348, on a different site, at the northernmost and highest point of the citadel of Galata. The Genoese named the new tower as "Christea Turris" ("Tower of Christ"). The Byzantines, however, also called this new tower with the name "Megalos Pyrgos" ("Great Tower"). Galata Tower (old) The old Tower of Galata (, meaning "Great Tower") was
Galata Camondo Palace ("Kamondo Sarayı"), was built between 1865 and 1869 and designed by architect Sarkis Balyan. It is located on the northern shore of the Golden Horn, within the nearby Kasımpaşa quarter to the west of Galata. It later became the headquarters of the Ministry of the Navy ("Bahriye Nezareti") during the late Ottoman period, and is currently used by the Turkish Navy as the headquarters of the Northern Sea Area Command ("Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı"). The Camondo family also built two historic apartment buildings in Galata, both of which are named "Kamondo Apartmanı": the older one is located at