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Controlling trade routes, erecting fortifications, and—with Hungarian assistance—constructing the largest cannon the world had yet seen, Mehmet laid siege to Constantinople in April 1453.

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Cet article est extrait du Figaro Histoire « 1453 : les derniers jours de Constantinople ». Retrouvez dans ce numéro un dossier spécial sur la fin de l’Empire byzantin.

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