Rumeli Hisari (Rumeli Fortress) & Judas Tree 2018 . Istanbul

            
Other common names Judas tree 
love tree 

Family
Caesalpiniaceae 
Genus
Cercis are deciduous shrubs or small trees with heart-shaped leaves and clusters of bright pink pea-flowers opening before or with the leaves, followed by flattened, deep purple pods 
Details
C. siliquastrum is a bushy, deciduous small tree. Leaves to 10cm in width, broadly heart-shaped. Flowers rosy-pink, pea-shaped, in clusters on the older wood. Fruit a conspicuous flattened purplish pod to 12cm in length 


Rumeli Hisari;
Rumelihisarı is situated at the narrowest point with 660 meters of the Bosphorus strait, just opposite of Anadoluhisarı (Anatolian Castle) on the Anatolian side, which is another Ottoman fortress that was built between 1393 and 1394 by Sultan Bayezid I.
  
The construction began on 15 April 1452. Each one of the three main towers was named after the Pashas who supervised their construction. The Sultan personally inspected the activities on the site. With the help of thousands of masons and workers, the fortress was completed in a record time of 4 months and 16 days on 31 August 1452.
Rumeli Castle after the conquest of Constantinople
After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the castle lost its military importance and served as a customs checkpoint until the seventeenth century and then as a prison until the nineteenth century. In the nineteenth century a neighborhood was formed inside the castle with its houses, mosque, shops, and so on. However, this neighborhood was destroyed in 1950s. Since 1960 the Rumeli Castle functions as a museum and this magnificent castle is open to the public as an open-air museum
   

Taken in: Turkey / İstanbul / İstanbul / Göksu (show map)

Taken on: April 23, 2018

Tags:

istanbul

Turkey

Judastree

Erguvan

Rumelihisarı

Rumeli Fortress

Bosphorus

''Rumelihisari''

''fatihsultanmehmet''

''Cercis

siliquastrum''

''lovetree

Caesalpiniaceae

Trees

Judas

flowers

''NGC''

boğaziçi

nature « less

Sets appears in: • Rumeli Hisari • Rumeli Hisari and The Judas Trees - Erguvan

Groups appears in: • Historical Turkey, Ottoman Empire and older (Türkiye tarihi, os

Camera: Nikon D7100, f/10.0, 1/320 sec, 20mm (=30mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	10.0-20.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	20mm (35mm equivalent: 30mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.12 (Windows)
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