Architecture / Clock tower
Çorum Clock Tower
Merkez, Çorum
A minaret-shaped cut-stone clock tower 27.5 meters high, commissioned in 1894 by Yedi Sekiz Hasan Paşa; the symbol of the city.
Its story
The Çorum Clock Tower is in the city center, a few minutes from the Ulu Mosque and the Veli Paşa Hanı. According to sources, it was commissioned in 1894 (according to some sources 1896) by Yedi Sekiz Hasan Paşa of Çorum. The tower, rising in minaret style, is 27.5 meters high and 3.9 meters in diameter. The eight-line marble inscription dated 1312 above its round-arched door facing south tells that the tower was built in the reign of Abdülhamid II as a charitable work of Hasan Paşa. A model of the tower is also in the 'Witness of Time Clock Towers Park' in Safranbolu. The square around it is a good starting point for touring Çorum's bazaar and leblebi (roasted chickpea) shops.
Key facts
- Built
- 1894 (according to some sources 1896)
- Height
- 27.5 m
- Patron
- Yedi Sekiz Hasan Paşa
- Admission
- Free (from outside)
Trip purpose
- Accessible
- Free
- Photography
Location
40.54989, 34.95372
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87orum_Saat_Kulesi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87orum_Clock_Tower | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21528314