Rumelihisarı, the European Fortress

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Accession Nr.: D.4451.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1905
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: hand-coloured stereo glass diapositive
Dimensions: height: 8.5 cm
width: 17 cm
Dezső Bozóky hand-coloured glass diapositive. From Dezső Bozóky's Photographic Collection: Constantinople (İstanbul). 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.