Category
Castle
8 places
- Tower of LondonA Norman fortress on the Thames that has been a royal palace, a prison and the strongroom of the Crown Jewels.UNESCOCastle
- Rumeli FortressBuilt in four months to cut the Bosphorus before the siege of Constantinople.Castle
- Uçhisar CastleA rock outcrop hollowed into a fortress, the highest point in Cappadocia and visible from every valley.Castle
- Ankara CastleByzantine walls built from salvaged Roman stone, with the old town still living inside them.Castle
- Yedikule FortressSeven towers grafted onto the Golden Gate, used in turn as treasury, prison and place of execution.Castle
- KadifekaleA fortress founded under Alexander's successors, looking down the whole length of the gulf.Castle
- Anadolu FortressThe older, smaller fortress on the Asian bank, built sixty years before the one facing it.Castle
- Yoros CastleA ruined Byzantine fort where the Bosphorus opens into the Black Sea.Castle