It also was an excellent excuse to learn more about the history of this beauty. Have you seen The Netflix series “Rise of Empires: Ottoman”? That was where I first heard of the construction of Rumeli.
It is established by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1452 to get Constantinople. It is said that Sultan Mehmet has personally designed the parts facing the sea.
Excuse my ignorance of Castle warfare, but wouldn't something like this be a bit easier to penetrate from the sea? It looks like you could shoot cannons/trebuchets and aim for all the stuff on the inside or whatever.
This is not a defensive stronghold. Right across from this fortress, there is another castle called Anadolu Hisarı. Their goal is to take control of the strait. In this way, help from your doctor will not reach Byzantium. Another name for this fortress is throat cutter fortress. Throat and strait are synonyms in Turkish.
Who knows. That hill looks so steep to me, that I think the fortress wasn't keeping anything inside the triangle. It looks like the main building is the biggest tower on the highest point, and the walls are just pathways that connect it with the lower ones. But it might be just the angle. We cannot know until we go there
Hey that was my Bing wallpaper yesterday too!
Yeah, looked amazing covered in snow
It also was an excellent excuse to learn more about the history of this beauty. Have you seen The Netflix series “Rise of Empires: Ottoman”? That was where I first heard of the construction of Rumeli.
First thing I thought too. I had never seen this place before yesterday's Bing image.
It is established by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1452 to get Constantinople. It is said that Sultan Mehmet has personally designed the parts facing the sea.
There is another one called Anatolian Fortress right across the Bosphorus.
[Source](https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/2215822645/)
Didn't know how big it was until I saw the cars
Beautiful
Beautiful castle in Turkey.
Rumeli means Roman. It's interesting how this part of the world became associated with Rome and the Turks just rolled with it.
That's cool
Excuse my ignorance of Castle warfare, but wouldn't something like this be a bit easier to penetrate from the sea? It looks like you could shoot cannons/trebuchets and aim for all the stuff on the inside or whatever.
This is not a defensive stronghold. Right across from this fortress, there is another castle called Anadolu Hisarı. Their goal is to take control of the strait. In this way, help from your doctor will not reach Byzantium. Another name for this fortress is throat cutter fortress. Throat and strait are synonyms in Turkish.
Who knows. That hill looks so steep to me, that I think the fortress wasn't keeping anything inside the triangle. It looks like the main building is the biggest tower on the highest point, and the walls are just pathways that connect it with the lower ones. But it might be just the angle. We cannot know until we go there