City · Turkey
Istanbul
A bridge between Europe and Asia, a city that was the capital of empires.
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The origin
What the date says
- Milestone
- Founding
- What happened
- In 1453 Mehmed II conquered it and refounded it as the capital of the Ottoman Empire, turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
- Year
- 1453
- Source
- Historical documentation
- Note
- Conquered by the Ottomans in 1453.
Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.
Keep in mind
Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.