Dolfin Dolfin was a Venetian

Venice

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 noble who played an important role of defending the Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

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 capital Constantinople

Constantinople

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 against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 during the Siege of Constantinople in 1453. He was originally put in charge of the city's north gate, but after Captain Jacamo Coco died while trying to burn the Turkish fleet, he was put in charge of the Byzantine Navy. Dolfin Dolfin survived the fall of the city.

External links

• Article about the Siege of Constantinople at deremilitari.org, originally from Diary of the Siege of Constantinople 1453 by Niccolò Barbaro
  Niccolò Barbaro
  Niccolò Barbaro was a Venetian physician, and author of an eyewitness account of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453....
  
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