Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Yedikule Fortress or "Fortress of the Seven Towers". Its construction was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1458. Engraving by Lemaitre and J. Arnout. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

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