| THE CASTLE OF EUROPE AND THE COLLEGE OF AMERICA: Here, where the Bosporus narrows to its closest confines and the shore of Europe comes nearest to Asia, Mohammed II, a young man of 23, with whip and presents forced the erection of a mighty fortress in five months. Surrounding buildings furnished the materials for towering walls which formed the monogram of the Prophet and his namesake. Today Rumeli Hissar is famous as the home of Robert College, one of the most influential of American colleges abroad. (Note: Today known as Robert College of Istanbul, a coeducational college preparatory school on the Bosphorus; 1922). Click here to enlarge. |
