'View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe', 1890. On the European shore of the Bosphorus, Rumelihisari medieval fortress was built between 1451-1452 on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in preparation for a planned Ottoman siege on the then-Byzantine city of Constantinople. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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Size: 5650px × 3743px
Location: World,Asia,Turkey,Ä°stanbul,Istanbul,World,Middle East
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