Greek-American print (1909) depicting a festival celebrating the Greek conquest of Constantinople: 'The Festival of the Expected Pan-Hellenic Rising'.

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The final assault on Constantinople in 1453 ☧

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Ancient Rome/Constantinople streetscapes. It’s easy to forget the scale & grandeur of these cities.

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Artfight attack on user imfalen's character Constantinople!

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" get angry. that is the right that you and i are permitted. "

( a doodle before i finish reading abt the siege of constantinople )

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King of Constantinople

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ORTHODOX CALENDAR
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🌿 Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea;
🌿 St. Anatolius the Patriarch of Constantinople

📚 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

👉 https://t.co/l3Pn7kVdiv

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The Crusaders' entry into Constantinople, 12th April 1204, 1840 (oil on canvas), 1840 https://t.co/S1ZAxD16xa

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Did you know ?

Constantinople was originally meant to be part of the first Assassin's creed game.

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Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople, 1876 https://t.co/X5HoghRCUB

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A street in Constantinople
🎨Raph Herrera Lomotan
Illustrator

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How wealthy and glorious Constantinople of my ancestors seemed... Ah, I am not disappointed in the city that my brother passed down to me.

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On this week in 1453, the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II captured Constantinople.

Traditionally, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire is seen as the break between medieval and modern history.

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Ghost of Constantinople. Source: Fall of Constantinople by Kristian Tsvetanov via https://t.co/SepYHydApR

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