The Bosphorus Strait
The “Fortress of Europe” guarding the European side of the Bosphorus Strait north of Istanbul. Known more formally as Rumeli Fortress, which translates into “throat-cutter” (referring to the narrow strategic waterway, not cutting people’s throats). Built by the Ottomans in 1451, it was instrumental in maintaining their control of the strait, the only access point to the Black Sea.
Egyptian consulate, formerly the 19th century summer home of the Egyptian khedive (royal ruler, deposed by Britain in 1914).
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