Rumeli Fortress
Rumeli Hisarı, also known as the Rumelian Fortress, rises at the narrows of the Bosphorus where the European slopes meet the water. Conceived and built between 1451 and 1452 by order of Sultan Mehmed II, it was intended to sever naval relief to Constantinople and to block the Bosphorus in the final stages of the siege that would crown Istanbul as the Ottoman capital in 1453. Its twin on the opposite shore, Anadoluhisarı, worked in tandem to throttle maritime traffic and help shift the balance of power in the strait. After the fortress’s military role, Rumeli Hisarı functioned as a customs checkpoint and, at times, a prison for embassies of states at odds with the Ottoman Empire. The Great Earthquake of 1509 caused extensive damage, from which the fortress was repaired and then used into the late 19th century. …
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