Museum
Rumeli Hisarı
5 locals recommend,
Location
İstanbul
Tips from locals
Ahmet Ertan
September 11, 2018
is a medieval fortress located in Istanbul on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city's Sarıyer district. Conceived and built between 1451 and 1452 on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the complex was commissioned in preparation for a planned Ottoman siege on the then-Byzantine city of Constantinople,[1] with the goal of cutting off maritime military and logistical relief that could potentially come to the Byzantines' aid by way of the Bosphorus Strait, hence the fortress's alternative name, "Boğazkesen", i.e. "Strait-cutter" Castle. Its older sister structure, Anadoluhisar
is a medieval fortress located in Istanbul on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city's Sarıyer district. Conceived and built between 1451 and 1452 on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the…
Utku
February 8, 2017
A huge fortress from Ottoman Empire
Ceren
June 5, 2019
First Class Restaurant
