İzmir Clock Tower

İzmir Clock Tower, the symbol of the city, was built in 1901 as the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid's accesion to the throne. It is 25 meters high, has four levels and an octagonal plan. The Clock Tower has column capitals, horseshoe arches unique to North Africa, and the facades of the building are filled with no gaps. It has an architectural inspiration  from the buildings of North Africa and Andalusia. The clock  was a gift from  the German Emperor II. Wilhelm. The green and red mosaics used in the construction of the Clock Tower, whose construction was undertaken by Raymond Charles Pere, a French  architect from İzmir, were brought from Ephesus, and the stones that constitute the main body were brought from Sarayköy.