Kemerburgaz is a historic settlement located southwest of Belgrad Forest between the aqueducts Kurt Kemeri ("Wolf's Aqueduct") and Uzun Kemer ("Long Aqueduct"). During the Byzantine era ( 330–1453), its name was Pyrgos (, for 'tower' or 'bastion'). After the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, it was renamed , the Turkish language translation for bastion. Local people changed its name to , a concatenation of ('aqueduct') and , when the renowned architect Mimar Sinan ( 1489/1490–1588) repaired the ruined Byzantine aqueducts and built new waterways in the area.