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Walls of Constantinople and a view of St. Romanus Gate, where Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor, gave his last breath on 29 May 1453 when Ottoman Forces conquered the city, Topkapı Zeytinburnu District of Şehr-i Istanbul Turkey (Turkish: İstanbul Surları ve 29 Mayıs 1453'te Osmanlı Kuvvetleri şehri fethettiğinde son Bizans Hükümdarı İmparator XI Palaiologos'un son nefesini verdiği yerin bir görüntüsü, Topkapı Zeytinburnu İlçesi, Şehr-i İstanbul Türkiye). The gate also known as Cannon Gate, Turkish literally Top and Kapı - Topkapı, because the city was conquered via Large Cannon Balls in front of this gate.

The Walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. The Gate of St. Romanus (Πόρτα τοῦ Ἁγίου Ρωμάνου) was named so after a nearby church and lies between towers 65 and 66. It is known in Turkish as Topkapı, the Cannon Gate, after the great Ottoman cannon, the Basilic, that was placed opposite it during the 1453 siege. With a gatehouse of 26,5 m, it is the second-largest gate after the Golden Gate. There is an inscription about the Conquest by Prophet Muhammad written in Turkish and also Ottoman Arabic at the right of the gate: İstanbul Her Halde Fethedilecektir. Onu Fethedecek Emir Ne Mutlu Emir ve O Asker Ne Mutlu Askerdir (Original). Hicret 20, 857 ve Miladi 29 Mayıs 1453 Salı Sabahı Fatih'in Ordusu Topların Bu Civarda Açtığı Gedikten İstanbul'a Girmişdir!