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Location

  • Türkiye, Göztepe
  • geo:41.091763,29.061798
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -514~ / unknown

Classification

  • bridge
  • Not visible

Darius' Bridge

data access 18921

In 513, the Persian king Darius built a bridge across the Bosphorus, almost certainly at the exact place of the current Fatih Bridge.

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  • Aşiyan Museum
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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2014-07-23) , last updated by Cameron (2026-03-31), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/18921
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and , C., Darius' Bridge. https://vici.org/vici/18921, accessed 2026-03-31.