Rumelihisarı Rumelian Rumeli Castle is a fortress Istanbul Turkey European side of the Bosporus sultan Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

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Rumelihisarı is a fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a hill at the European side of the Bosporus just north of the Bebek district; giving the name of the quarter around it. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered Constantinople. The three great towers were named after three of Mehmed II's viziers, Sadrazam Çandarlı Halil Pasha, who built the big tower next to the gate, Zağanos Pasha, who built the south tower, and Sarıca Pasha, who built the north tower. the Bosporus waterway joins the Mediterranean with the Black Sea

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