Rumeli Hisari
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| Creation time : | 1451-1452 | |
| Castle type : | Rock castle, hillside | |
| Place: | Istanbul | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 5 '5 " N , 29 ° 3' 22" E | |
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Rumeli Hisarı (" Rumelian Fortress"; Ottoman بوغاز کسن Boğaz-kesen , German for 'cutter of the strait, cutthroat' ) is an Ottoman fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus in the Istanbul district of Sarıyer opposite the Anadolu Hisarı , which houses a museum. Every summer concerts by famous Turkish musicians take place there.
Sultan Mehmed II had the complex built in 1452 in the course of preparations for the siege of Constantinople , nine months before the conquest, at the narrowest point of the Bosporus. The strait is only 700 m wide here. 3,000 Ottomans built the fortress in just four months.
After the storming of Constantinople, the fortress was used as a prison. The castle complex, which extends to the Bosporus, is 250 m long and 125 m wide. Until 1830, the three large towers, which bear the names of three viziers , Saruca Pascha , Halil Pascha and Zaganos Pascha , still had pointed roofs made of lead. Two round towers stand on the crest of the hill, a corner tower stands on the strait. There is also an artillery outer bailey at the eastern sea gate .
In 1953 the Rumelian fortress was restored on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the capture of Constantinople . Since then, the castle has served as a museum.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bosphorus (i.e. Bosporus), View from Kuleli, Constantinople, Turkey. approx. 1890-1900. In: World Digital Library . Retrieved October 20, 2013 .