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# Rumeli Fortress · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Rumeli Fortress

Built in first half of the 15th century, this is the large medieval castle under the Second Bosphorus Bridge.

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## Why go

Its former name Boğazkesen (Turkish)/Laimokopia (Greek) means both "strait-blocker" and "throat-cutter" in both languages and denotes the reason of its building—to shut the supply routes from the Black Sea in the north into the slowly falling apart Byzantine Empire through the Bosphorus.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Istanbul/European_Bosphorus)

## How to visit

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