In 1502 produced a drawing of a single span 720-foot 240 m bridge over the Horn as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan | In the 10th century the dragged their longships out of the , around , and relaunched them in the Horn; the Byzantines defeated them with |
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This tower was largely destroyed by the Latin Crusaders during the 1204 , but the built a new tower nearby, the famous 1348 which they called Christea Turris Tower of Christ | At the extreme left of the picture, the district of ancient on the Asian side of the city can be seen |
The can be seen in the center of the picture.
1Sarayburnu on the Golden Horn, as seen from the | The connects the districts of and |
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For example, 's poem Lepanto contains the memorable couplet "From evening isles fantastical rings faint the Spanish gun, And the Lord upon the Golden Horn is laughing in the sun" | The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce is also located along the shore, as are , and cemeteries |
After five centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's bridge will span the Golden Horn, becoming the first architectural project of the genius to be realized in its original scale and its planned location.
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