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| navigate by keyword : rumelihisar rumelian fortress roumeli hissar azkesen literally 39aph39strait cutter fortress39aph39 medieval ottoman located istanbul turkey series hills european banks bosphorus lends name neighborhood city39aph39s sar yer district conceived built 1451 1452 orders sultan mehmed complex commissioned preparation planned siege then byzantine city constantinople |
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| Rumelihisar? (also known as Rumelian Fortress and Roumeli Hissar Fortress) or Bo?azkesen Fortress (literally 'strait-cutter fortress') is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, 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 Sar?yer district.Conceived and built between 1451 and 1452 CE on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II, the complex was commissioned in preparation for a planned Ottoman siege on the then-Byzantine city of Constantinople,[ |
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