Rumelihisarı

Rumelihisarı or Boğazkesen Fortress is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in , Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Ottoman castle in Istanbul
  • Also known as: “Rumeli Hisar”, “Rumeli Hisarı”, “Rumeli Hissar”, and “Rumili Hissar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Perili Köşk and Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi.

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is a historical building at the Rumelihisarı neighbourhood of the district in , . The building currently serves as the headquarters of Borusan Holding, as well as its art museum, called Borusan Contemporary.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Bridge
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The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, is a bridge in , spanning the Bosphorus Strait. When completed in 1988, it was the 5th-longest suspension bridge span in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rumelihisarı and Anadoluhisarı.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 10,073. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
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, known historically as Güzelce Hisar is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in , on the side of the . The complex is the oldest surviving Turkish architectural structure built in Istanbul, and further gives its name to the neighborhood around it in the city's district.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 5,464. It is on Bay on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait.

Rumelihisarı

Latitude
41.08802° or 41° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
29.05601° or 29° 3′ 22″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8GHF33Q4+6C
Geo­Names ID
740477
Wiki­data ID
Q90801
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Rumelihisarı” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Arabic: “قلعة روملي حصار”
  • Armenian: “Ռումելիհիսար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rumeli Hasarı”
  • Bengali: “রুমেলিহিসারি”
  • Bulgarian: “Румели Хисар”
  • Catalan: “Rumeli Hisari”
  • Catalan: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Chinese: “如梅利堡垒”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Roemelie”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Roemelië”
  • French: “Forteresse de Rumeli Hisarı”
  • French: “Rumeli Hisari”
  • French: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Georgian: “რუმელიის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Greek: “Ρούμελη Χισάρ”
  • Greek: “Ρουμελί Χισάρ”
  • Hungarian: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Indonesian: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Indonesian: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Italian: “Castello di Boğazkesen”
  • Italian: “Castello di Roumeli Hissar”
  • Italian: “Castello Rumeliano”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Rumeli”
  • Italian: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Japanese: “ルメリ・ヒサル”
  • Japanese: “ルメリ要塞”
  • Latvian: “Rumēlijas cietoksnis”
  • Macedonian: “Румелихисар”
  • Malay: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Persian: “روملی حصار”
  • Polish: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Portuguese: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Russian: “Румелихисар”
  • Serbian: “Румели хисар”
  • Slovenian: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Spanish: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Spanish: “Rumelihisarı”
  • Turkish: “Boğazkesen Hisarı”
  • Turkish: “Kulle-i Cedide”
  • Turkish: “Rumeli Hisarı Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Turkish: “Yenice Hisar”
  • Ukrainian: “Румелі Хісари (фортеця)”
  • Ukrainian: “Румелі Хісари”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rumeli Hisarı”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ روم ایلی حصار”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ روملی حصار”
  • Uzbek: “Rumeli Hisor qal’asi”
  • Vietnamese: “Rumelihisari”

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