Thursday, March 17, 2011

Rumeli Hisari (Ottoman Fortification on the Bosphoros)

 
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Key for Saruca Pasa Tower and neighboring Mountain Gate:

1. Section A-B through the tower with the adjacent Mountain gate;

2. Section C-D through the Mountain Gate;

3. Plan of tower's ground floor chamber;

4. Plan of tower's upper chamber;

5. Plan of towers upper gallery and upper central tower.

Reference:

David Nicolle, Adam Hook, (Illust.), "Ottoman Fortifications, 1300 -- 1710," Fortress 95, Osprey Pub., Oxford, UK, 2010, P. 47.

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