Rumelihisarı
Rumelihisarı or Boğazkesen Fortress is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus.
- Type: Locality
- Description: Ottoman castle in Istanbul
- Also known as: “Boğazkesen Hisarı”, “Castello di Boğazkesen”, “Castello di Roumeli Hissar”, “Castello Rumeliano”, “Forteresse de Rumeli Hisarı”, “Kasteel van Roemelie”, “Kulle-i Cedide”, “Rumeli Hisar”, “Rumeli Hisarı”, “Rumeli Hisarı Müzesi”, “Rumeli Hissar”, “Rumili Hissar”, “Yenice Hisar”, “Румелі Хісари (фортеця)”, and “ルメリ要塞”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Perili Köşk and Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rumelihisarı and Anadoluhisarı.
Bebek
Suburb
Rumelihisarı
- Categories: castle and museum
- Location: Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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 Roemelië”
- French: “Rumeli Hisarı”
- Georgian: “რუმელიის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Rumeli Hisarı”
- Greek: “Ρούμελη Χισάρ”
- Greek: “Ρουμελί Χισάρ”
- Hungarian: “Rumelihisarı”
- Indonesian: “Rumeli Hisarı”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Rumeli”
- Italian: “Rumelihisarı”
- Japanese: “ルメリ・ヒサル”
- 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: “Rumeli Hisarı”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Boyacıköy and Kanlıca.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hagios Phokas monastery and Bogazici University.
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