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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Ottoman castle in Istanbul
- Also known as: “Rumeli Hisar”, “Rumeli Hissar”, and “Rumili Hissar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Perili Köşk and Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi.
Perili Köşk
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
Perili Köşk is a historical monument at the Rumelihisarı neighbourhood of the Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 1911, the castle-like red brick mansion with stained glass windows is located close to the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait.
Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi
Historic building
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Rakım Paşa Çeşmesi is a historic building.
bridge Faith Sultan Mehmet
Bridge
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The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey 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.
Rumelihisarı
Suburb
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Rumelihisarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 10,073. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Anadoluhisarı
Suburb
Anadoluhisarı, known historically as Güzelce Hisar is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey on the Anatolian side of the Bosporus. 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 Beykoz district.
Bebek
Suburb
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Bebek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 5,464. It is an affluent neighbourhood located on Bebek Bay on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait.
Rumelihisarı
- Categories: castle, tourist attraction, architectural structure, and museum
- Location: Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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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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