Rumeli Hisar Museum - IstanbulRumelian Hisar, was built to obstruct the aid coming from the Strait to Byzantine Empire in 1452 by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. Rumeli Hisarý is situated in the widest part of the Boshporus across the Anadolu Hisar.
The Rumelian Hisar has three bastions with height of 30 meters and the thickness of the hisar walls reaches to 3 meters and 5 meters in parts.
Some time after the conquest, the hisar which lost its significance in defense, was used as a prison where janissaries sentenced to death and some statesmen and foreign representatives prisoned. The hisar which was repaired in 1953 and to which an outdoor theater was appended, is most recently used as a museum.
Address: Rumelian Hisar - Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 263 53 05 |
