10Rumeli, Turkey

Once a cannon-studded defensive battlement that showed little mercy to ships failing to halt their course along the Bosphorus, then a customs point and prison, Rumeli Fortress fell victim to a vicious earthquake in 1509 and an even more vicious fire in 1746.

Its final role, before ending up as a open-air museum and cultural centre, was to accommodate a residential neighbourhood.

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