I give the Red Tower a gallery of its own, containing pictures I took nearby and in the tower. Shots from the distance (mainly higher uphill) belong to the fortifications-shots and stay there.

The Red Tower is the symbol of the town. It was built by a famous architect, Ebu Ali from Aleppo. It is octagonal in plan, each side measuring 12 meters. Five floor have a total height of 35 meters. It connects the sea- and landwalls. It was built around a central column, the top part of which served as cistern. It was built shortly after the Rum-Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Kaykobad took the city peacufully from the Armenian Kir Karid, making the city his second winter residence.