Yedikule Hisar Museum - IstanbulYedikule Hisar, which is close to the point where land ramparts combine Marmara Sea and which got its name from the province where the hisar is located was commissioned by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror just behind the Golden Gate where the Byzantine Emperors used to enter to the city upon return from the wars.
While the Yedikule Hisar was being constructed, 3 new towers were added to the existing Byzantine fortress tower. This structure which has a hectagonal shape and has seven towers, was used as a place where Ottoman state treasures and state documents were preserved until the period of Sultan Murad the 3rd (1574-1595), and also where important national and foreing convicts were kept. Many national or foreign statesmen were prisoners in Yedikule Prisons including Sultan Osman the 2nd, Trebizond Roman Emperor David Kommenos and his sons, late Abbasid Caliph IV. Mütevekkil and Crimean Han Mehmed Giray. Yedikule Hisarwhich was restored in 1959 is presently used a museum where also festivities and concerts are organized.
Address: Kule Square No:4 Yedikule-Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 585 893 33 |
