• hide. (Top). 1 List of sieges. 2 Footnotes. 3 Notes. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of sieges of Constantinople. 28 languages.
  • At the beginning of the siege, Mehmed sent out some of his best troops to reduce the remaining Byzantine strongholds outside the city of Constantinople.
  • The siege of Constantinople in 1453, led by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, was a display of military might and strategic acumen.
  • The Siege of Constantinople, depicted on the external wall of Moldoviţa monastery, painted in 1537.
  • Today, August 15, marks the anniversary of Constantinople’s victory over Muslim invaders in what historians commonly call the “Second Siege of...
  • Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capit...
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  • …the enterprise and during the siege of Constantinople (April 6–May 29, 1453), the opposing views were voiced in two war councils convened at critical...
  • ...in one of the most shocking events of the medieval period: the siege and eventual sack of Constantinople in 1204. ... The Siege of Constantinople (1203-1204).
  • Constantinople was constructed to be an impenetrable fortress able to withstand any siege. ... Sources: “The Guns of Constantinople.” HistoryNet, 13 Apr.
  • The siege of Constantinople was a turning point in history and is often recognized as the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance era.