Yedikule Fortress
Yedikule Fortress is a fortified historic structure located in the Yedikule neighbourhood of Fatih, in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 1458 on the commission of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the seven-tower complex was created by adding three new towers and fully…Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque and Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital.
Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque
Mosque
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Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque is situated 150 metres northeast of Yedikule Fortress.
Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital
Hospital
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The Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital is a hospital in the Yedikule quarter of Fatih district of Istanbul which was established and continues to be managed by Turkish Armenians. Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital is situated 720 metres west of Yedikule Fortress.
Kazlıçeşme railway station
Railway station
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Kazlıçeşme railway station is a railway station in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul 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. Kazlıçeşme railway station is situated 540 metres west of Yedikule Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samatya and Zeytinburnu.
Samatya
Quarter
Samatya is a quarter of the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders to the west on the neighborhood of Yedikule.
Zeytinburnu
Town
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Zeytinburnu is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 292,616. It is a working-class area on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the walls of the ancient city, beyond the fortress of Yedikule.
Yedikule Fortress
- Type: Fort
- Description: fortress in Istanbul, Turkey
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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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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