Bebek & Arnavutköy

Herodotus, the father of history, tells how the Persian King Darius crossed the Bosphorus on his campaign against the Scythians: on a bridge built by Mandrocles, an engineer from Samos, who lashed ships together side by side… Darius was so pleased with the work that he showered Mandrocles with gifts, and Mandrocles in turn had the crossing painted and dedicated the picture to the temple of Hera on Samos. So where was this bridge built? According to many historians, at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus, on the shore where Rumeli Hisarı rises today…