This Day, 1453

[Subdeacon Joe]

Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The dwindling Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople’s ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days. Mehmed surrounded Constantinople from land and sea while employing cannon to maintain a constant barrage of the city’s formidable walls. The fall of the city removed what was once a powerful defense for Christian Europe against Muslim invasion, allowing for uninterrupted Ottoman expansion into eastern Europe.  https://www.britannica.com/event/Fall-of-Constantinople-1453

 

 

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

The Ottoman Empire would advance as far as Vienna, being repulsed 12 September 1683.

 

for anyone who was stationed in Bavaria, the proximity of the Ottoman Empire is the reason the Roman Catholic Churches of southern Germany have onion domes, which elsewhere are only seen on mosques.

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

45 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

The Ottoman Empire would advance as far as Vienna, being repulsed 12 September 1683.

 

for anyone who was stationed in Bavaria, the proximity of the Ottoman Empire is the reason the Roman Catholic Churches of southern Germany have onion domes, which elsewhere are only seen on mosques.

Oh, forgot.  Should have said ‘On mosques and Orthodox churches’