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The Genoese in Galata: 1453–1682

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Louis Mitler
Affiliation:
Lexington, KY.

Extract

On the morning of Tuesday, 29 May 1453, the warriors of Mehmet II poured through the shattered walls of Constantinople. Later in the day their commanding general, Zaǵanos Pasha, accepted the keys of Galata, the walled town standingon a promontory on the shore opposite the Golden Horn, signaling the end of Genoese domination.

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