Rumeli Fortress

Istanbul Province · Turkey

Rumeli Fortress, Turkey
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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This mighty stone fortress was built in a few months in 1452 to help the Ottomans cut off and conquer Constantinople. Its towers and battlements sit at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus strait.

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