# Canonical recap data for Siege of Constantinople Begins (1453)
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slug: siege-constantinople
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1453/siege-constantinople"
title: Siege of Constantinople Begins
subtitle: The Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine capital marked the definitive end of the Eastern Roman Empire and reshaped Mediterranean geopolitics.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1453-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1453
decade: 1450
country:
name: Turkey
slug: turkey
summaryShort: Constantinople was built on the land that links Europe to Asia through Bosporus and connects the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. As a transcontinental city within the Silk Road, Constantinople had a strategic value for many empires and kingdoms who tried to conquer it throughout history.
summaryLong: Constantinople was built on the land that links Europe to Asia through Bosporus and connects the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. As a transcontinental city within the Silk Road, Constantinople had a strategic value for many empires and kingdoms who tried to conquer it throughout history.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Byzantine_Constantinople-en.png/1280px-Byzantine_Constantinople-en.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "List of sieges of Constantinople"
importance: 83
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sieges_of_Constantinople"
  title: Siege of Constantinople
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: Constantinople was built on the land that links Europe to Asia through Bosporus and connects the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. As a transcontinental city wi
wikidataQid: Q815169
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260507215357/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sieges_of_Constantinople"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-07
  label: Siege of Constantinople
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sieges_of_Constantinople"
