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Rumelihisari

Rumelihisari, looking out over the Bosphorus.
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Rumelihisari, looking out over the Bosphorus.

Fortress located between Sariyer and Bebek districts of Istanbul. It was built by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, in 1451, before he conquered Constantinople, to prevent Crusaders coming from the Black Sea.

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