Rumelihisarı, the European Fortress

Visit to the Ottoman Empire

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Accession Nr.: D.4451.2.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1905
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: colour print, photo enlargement
Dimensions: height: 53 cm
width: 53 cm
exhibition material of Kolta Gallery, 8.5x17 cm, new enlargement from the original stereo glass diapositive variant: D.4451. Built on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II (The Conqueror), and completed in 1452, it served, in tandem with the Asian Fortress across the Strait, the naval blockade of Constantinople.