Rumelihisarı
MuseumSarıyer, İstanbul
41.0847°N · 29.0561°E
Rumeli Hisarı
- Built
- 1451
Rumelihisarı is a museum in Sarıyer, İstanbul; Mehmed II's Bosphorus chokepoint, built in four months in 1452 to strangle Constantinople by sea.
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- 41.0847°N · 29.0561°E
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Mehmed II's Bosphorus chokepoint, built in four months in 1452 to strangle Constantinople by sea.
Editor's Note
Rumelihisarı (the "Strait-cutter Fortress") is an Ottoman fortress on the European bank of the Bosphorus in Istanbul's Sarıyer district. Built on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II in 1451–1452, ahead of the conquest of Constantinople, it was placed at the narrowest point of the strait, directly opposite Anadoluhisarı, to cut off maritime relief from the Black Sea. Spread over some 32,000 m², its three great towers are among the largest fortress keeps in the world.
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5 dated records from 1451 to 28 September 2021, each with its source.
Founded
Source: Wikidata
General view of the Bosporus and Rumeli Hisarı (fortress)
No known restrictions on publication · Library of Congress, Abdul Hamid II Collection 19 more photographs from this period
No known restrictions on publication · Library of Congress, Abdul Hamid II Collection
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hamdigumus · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasin Arslan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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