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Rumeli Hisari Fortress (Istanbul, Turkey) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rumeli Hisari castle in Istanbul in Turkey Royalty Free Stock Photo

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, 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, `BoÃÅ¸azkesen`, i.e. `Strait-cutter` Castle. Its older sister structure, Anadoluhisari `Anatolian Fortress`, sits on the opposite banks of the Bosporus, and the two fortresses worked in tandem during the final siege to throttle all naval traffic along the Bosphorus, thus helping the Ottomans achieve their goal of making the city of Constantinople later renamed Istanbul their new imperial capital in 1453.