Istanbul
Imperial harbor from 330 to 1922
Location and Figures
- Country: Turkey
- Type: Historical
- Region: Europe
Overview
The imperial harbor of Constantinople for sixteen centuries, commanding the trade gate between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. A great chain closed the Golden Horn in wartime, and Byzantine then Ottoman fleets rode at its quays until the end of the empire.
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