Galata Tower (old) Galata Tower (old) The old Tower of Galata (, meaning "Great Tower") was a tower which stood on the north side of the Golden Horn in Constantinople, inside the citadel of Galata. The tower marked the northern end of the great chain, which was stretched across the mouth of the Golden Horn to the Tower of Eugenius to prevent enemy ships from entering the harbor. The tower contained a mechanism of elevation gears for raising and lowering the chain. The tower was largely destroyed by the Latin Crusaders during the Sack of Constantinople in 1204, part of the Fourth Crusade,
Galata, Cyprus had four watermills, and watermill of "Kyrillos" is still operational. In Galata there is Panagia tis Podithou (""), church from 1502, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nine other Painted Churches in the Troödos Region. Church "Panagia Theotokos/Archangel Michael" from 1514. is located 100 m near "Panagia tis Podithou". Small church "Agios Sozomenos" from 1513 is in middle of village near big main Galata church "Panagia Odegetria" (Virgin Mary guiding), built in 1930. "Agia Paraskevi" and "Agios Georgios" are small 16th century churches on road between Galata and Kakopetria. "Agios Nicolaos" is small church from the 15th