Conquered Alanya in 1226, after a five year siege, the Seljuk Sultan Aladdin Keykubat built Kizilkale - watchtower to protect the Harbor of the city. Kizilkale in Turkish means the Red tower. The tower got its name due to its expressive red color of the brick 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 the symbol of Alanya and is 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 from the eaves between the battlements to the line of the barrage reaches thirty-three meters. It is striking in its power until now.

The construction was completed in 1226, and in the construction of walls it took more than twelve years. Specifically for the construction of this tower was invited ECU Ali Reha El Kettani - architect from Aleppo, who is the author of Sinop fortress. The name of the master-Builder and architect of the tower is indicated 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 conversion Eulogy to Sultan the Aladdin Keykubat, in which he praised as a wise Lord, ruler of all rulers, the champion of justice, Sultan of land and two seas, protector of Muslims.

In the tower could accommodate up to two thousand people. It has five floors, except the top of the ledges above the battlements. These Loopholes were located over the entire surface of the tower. As observation Windows, they are covered from the front and was intended for the pouring of boiling water and hot tar on the enemy.

One of the architectural features of the red tower is that the light that comes from the top of the tower comes to the very first floor.

To get into Kizilkale can the Western facade, which is directly adjacent to the castle walls, through the narrow inconspicuous, but high gate, having the form of a corridor. A large underground reservoir in the center connected to the upper part of the drainage channel.

For several centuries the tower Kizilkale reliably protected the port against possible attacks from the sea. This building is built so well that she and today it is one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture. Work on the restoration of the tower was carried out in the 1950-ies. But opened it to visitors in 1979. Annually it is visited by a very large number of tourists from all corners of the globe.

To rise to the top, tourists can the stone steps, which in total, there are eighty five. In the center of the tower is a tank. Over the battlements of the tower hung a Turkish flag, in other matters as in most Turkish towers. On the first floor of Kizilkale in 1979 was opened Ethnographic Museum.