Yedikule Fortress

Yedikule Fortress is a fortified historic structure located in the neighbourhood of , in , . Built in 1458 on the commission of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the seven-tower complex was created by adding three new towers and fully…
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortress in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Yedikule Hısarı”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque and Kazlıçeşme railway station.

Mosque
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is situated 170 metres northeast of Yedikule Fortress.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , and the former terminus of the trans-Bosporus Marmaray commuter rail line. Located just outside of the city's historic walled center, Kazlıçeşme station sits between 10. is situated 530 metres west of Yedikule Fortress.

Railway stop
Yedikule station is a formerly indefinitely closed railway station on the Istanbul suburban. It is located in the neighborhood in southwest . is situated 290 metres east of Yedikule Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samatya and Zeytinburnu.

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a quarter of the district of . It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders to the west on the neighborhood of .

Town
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is a municipality and district of , Turkey. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 292,616. It is a working-class area on the European side of , Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the , beyond the fortress of .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Yedikule Fortress

Latitude
40.99304° or 40° 59′ 35″ north
Longitude
28.92321° or 28° 55′ 24″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8GGCXWVF+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1035943038
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
12324513
Wiki­data ID
Q632795
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Yedikule Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kështjella Jedikule”
  • Arabic: “سجن يدي قلعة”
  • Armenian: “Եդիկուլե”
  • Armenian: “Եդիքուլե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yeddiqüllə zindanları”
  • Bengali: “ইয়েদিকুল দুর্গ”
  • Catalan: “castell de Yedikule”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Yedikule”
  • Chinese: “耶迪库勒堡垒”
  • Chinese: “耶迪庫勒堡壘”
  • Czech: “Edikulská pevnost”
  • Czech: “pevnost Edikule”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Poort (Istanboel)”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Poort”
  • Esperanto: “Septuro”
  • French: “forteresse de Yedikule”
  • French: “Forteresse de Yedikule”
  • Georgian: “იედიყულე”
  • German: “Yedikule”
  • Greek: “Γεντή Κουλέ”
  • Greek: “Γεντί Κουλέ”
  • Greek: “Επταπύργιο”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר ידיקולו”
  • Hungarian: “Héttorony”
  • Hungarian: “Yedikule Fortress”
  • Hungarian: “Yedikule Zindanları”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Yedikule”
  • Italian: “Yedihisarı”
  • Italian: “Yedikule Hisarı”
  • Italian: “Yedikule”
  • Japanese: “イェディクレ要塞”
  • Japanese: “イェディグレ要塞”
  • Macedonian: “Еди-куле (Истанбул)”
  • Macedonian: “Еди-куле”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yedikule”
  • Norwegian: “Yedikule”
  • Persian: “قلعه یدیکوله”
  • Polish: “Yedikule”
  • Portuguese: “Altınkapı”
  • Portuguese: “Chryseia Pyle”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza das Sete Torres”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Yedikule”
  • Portuguese: “Porta Aure”
  • Portuguese: “Porta Dourada”
  • Portuguese: “Yaldızlıkapı”
  • Portuguese: “Yedikule Hisarı”
  • Romanian: “Edikule”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreața Edikule”
  • Russian: “Едикуле”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Yedikule”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Yedikule”
  • Turkish: “Yedikule Hisarı”
  • Turkish: “Yedikule Zindanları”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок семи веж”

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