Having conquered Alanya in 1226 after a five-year siege, the Seljuk Sultan Aladdin Keykubat built Kızılkule - watch tower to protect the harbor of the city. Kızılkule in Turkish means the Red Tower. The tower got its name because of its expressive red color of brick is used in its construction. This tower is the main attraction amazingly beautiful Turkish city of Alanya. It is located in the port city. The tower is a symbol of Alanya and even depicted on the flag of the city.

The walls of the Byzantine fortress have a length of about eight kilometers. The tower has an octagonal shape. The diameter at its base is twenty-nine meters and the height of the peaks between the battlements to the barrage line reaches thirty-three meters. It is striking in its power to this day.

Construction was completed in 1226, and for the construction of fortifications took more than twelve years. Especially for the construction of this tower was invited Ebu Ali Reha el Kettani - the architect of Aleppo, who is the author of Sinop fortress. Name of master builder and architect of the tower stated in embossed on the north side of the tower inscriptions. On the opposite - south side of the tower in the inscription of seven lines embossed reverse eulogy to the Sultan Aladdin Keykubat, in which he praised as a wise ruler, the ruler of all rulers, the defender of justice, the Sultan of the land and the two seas, the protector of Muslims.

The tower could accommodate up to two thousand people. It has five floors, with the exception of the upper ledges of loopholes. These loopholes were located on the entire surface of the tower. As observation windows, covered front and they were intended for pouring boiling water and hot tar on the enemy.

One of the architectural features of the Red tower is that light which enters the top of the tower reaches the floor first.

Get into Kızılkule possible from the western facade, which is directly adjacent to the castle walls, through the narrow low-key but high gate-shaped corridor. A large underground reservoir in the center is connected to the upper part of the drainage channel.

For several centuries the tower Kızılkule will protect the port from all sorts of attacks from the sea. This structure is so high quality that it and today it is one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture. The reconstruction of the tower took place in the 1950s. But it opened to the public only in 1979. Every year it is visited by a very large number of tourists from all corners of the globe.

Climb to the top, tourists can the stone steps, all of which are eighty-five. In the center is the tower tank. Above the battlements of the tower hung a Turkish flag in the other as well as in most Turkish towers. On the ground floor Kızılkule in 1979 it opened the Ethnographic Museum.