"Constantinople, we're finally here." Three days later. Leonard and the others appeared below the city wall of Constantinople, gazing at the majestic wall that stood battered yet unyielding.
"This is the Saint Romanus Gate, where legend has it that the last Roman Emperor, Constantine XI, perished nearby, but people never found his body, only a pair of boots." Leonard whispered as he introduced the history.
After arriving here on the Scott family's private plane, they drove their car straight to the city gate to admire the famous city walls.
The crumbling walls had large scars and pits. This was because the urban valley's terrain sharply descended, making the walls' base lower than the opposite slope, resulting in a vulnerability in the Theodosian walls.
This weakness led to the decisive artillery bombardment ordered by Mehmet II in 1453, which included the Urban siege cannon, causing the current deplorable state of the wall.
