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Rumeli Hisarı is built

1451 CE · Turkey, Asia · History

Rumeli Hisarı is built
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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. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city's Sarıyer district.

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