İstanbul Rumeli Fortress

Hisarlar Museum; Rumelihisarı is connected to the Fatih municipality and is under the Garipçe Castle Directorate. Prominent among them is Rumelihisarı. Covering an area of ​​30 decares in Sarıyer, Hisar also gives its name to its location. It was built by Mehmet the Conqueror in a short period of four months, before the conquest of Istanbul in 1452, in order to prevent attacks and aid from the north of the Bosphorus. This work is located directly opposite Anadoluhisarı, which was built by Sultan Beyazıt I in 1394, and in the narrowest and current part of the Bosphorus.

Rumelihisarı's name is “Kulle-i Cedide” in Fatih foundation charters, “Yenice Hisar” in its publication date; In the histories of Kemalpaşazade, Aşıkpaşazade and Nişancı, it is referred to as the "Boğazkesen Fortress". The timber used in the construction was obtained from Izmit and Karadeniz Ereğli, while the stones were obtained from various parts of Anatolia and the ruined Byzantine structures in the surrounding area. This monumental building was restored as a museum in 1953 and opened to visitors in 1968. Events are not held today in the open theater structure that was added at this time. The mosque, which was built during the construction of Rumelihisarı on the place where the theater stage is located, but was later destroyed, was rebuilt in 2014 in accordance with the original. It also hosts events.

There are four main gates, namely “Mountain Gate”, “Dizdar Gate”, “Hisarpeçe Gate” and “Flood Gate” and a secondary gate called “Grave Gate”. It has a total of 17 towers, large and small, with four large towers named “Saruca Pasha”, “Halil Pasha”, “Great Zağanos Pasha” and “Little Zağanos Pasha”. Since there is no exhibition hall and warehouse in the museum, artifacts consisting of cannons, cannonballs and a part of the chain that is said to close the Golden Horn are exhibited in the garden. Even watching the breathtaking Bosphorus view from its lush garden is reason enough to visit.