Istanbul Sights

Rumeli Hisarı

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  • Address
    • Yahya Kemal Caddesi 42 Bosphorus Rumeli Hisarı
  • Transport
    • catch No 559C from Taksim, terminates in the town above the fortress and you'll have to walk for 10 minutes down the hill
    • catch No 25E, 40, 40B or 42 from Beşiktaş, they stop in front of the cafés next to the fortress
  • Phone
    • 212 263 5305
  • Price
    • admission TL3
  • Hours
    • 9am-noon & 12.30-4.30pm Thu-Tue

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Lonely Planet review for Rumeli Hisarı

Just before the Fatih Bridge is the majestic structures of Rumeli Hisarı and Anadolu Hisarı (Fortress of Anatolia). Mehmet the Conqueror had Rumeli Hisarı built in a mere four months in 1452, in preparation for his siege of Byzantine Constantinople. For its location, he chose the narrowest point of the Bosphorus, opposite Anadolu Hisarı, which Sultan Beyazıt I had built in 1391. By doing so, Mehmet was able to control all traffic on the strait, cutting the city off from re-supply by sea.

 

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