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.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
  • Description: Ottoman castle in Istanbul
  • Also known as
    “Rumeli Hisar”
    “Rumeli Hissar”
    “Rumili Hissar”

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Suburbs in the Area

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Latitude
41.08802° or 41° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
29.05601° or 29° 3′ 22″ east
Open location code
8GHF33Q4+6C
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Rumelihisarı” goes by many names.
RumelihisarıAfrikaans
قلعة روملي حصارArabic
ՌումելիհիսարArmenian
Rumeli HasarıAzerbaijani
রুমেলিহিসারিBengali
Румели ХисарBulgarian
RumelihisarıCatalan
如梅利堡垒Chinese
Kasteel van RoemeliëDutch
რუმელიის ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
Ρούμελη ΧισάρGreek
Ρουμελί ΧισάρGreek
RumelihisarıHungarian
Rumeli HisarıIndonesian
Castello di BoğazkesenItalian
Castello di Roumeli HissarItalian
Castello RumelianoItalian
Fortezza di RumeliItalian
RumelihisarıItalian
ルメリ・ヒサルJapanese
ルメリ要塞Japanese
Rumēlijas cietoksnisLatvian
РумелихисарMacedonian
RumelihisarıMalay
روملی حصارPersian
Rumeli HisarıPolish
РумелихисарRussian
Румели хисарSerbian
Rumeli HisarıSlovenian
రుమెలిహిసారిTelugu
Boğazkesen HisarıTurkish
Kulle-i CedideTurkish
Rumeli HisarıTurkish
Rumeli Hisarı MüzesiTurkish
Yenice HisarTurkish
Румелі ХісариUkrainian
Румелі Хісари (фортеця)Ukrainian
Rumeli HisarıUpper Sorbian
قلعہ روم ایلی حصارUrdu
قلعہ روملی حصارUrdu
Rumeli Hisor qal’asiUzbek
RumelihisariVietnamese

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