Rumeli Castle on the banks of the Bosphorus strait at it narrowest point in Instanbul. Rumeli Castle was built by the Ottomans

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Rumeli Castle on the banks of the Bosphorus strait at it narrowest point in Instanbul. Rumeli Castle was built by the Ottomans to block the entrance to the straits during the siege of Constantinople

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Photo credit: © Hugh Miller / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bosphorus, constantinople, instanbul, narrows, ottoman, rumeli, siege, straits, turkey