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**mensforyouthis** · 04-15-2009, 12:06 AM

My dear Andreas, if you wish to pedantically precise, do let's remember that Constantinople is in both Europe and Asia. It's one of very few cities that sits on two continents.

INXC, Dcn Matthew And if I may venture to be yet more precise, my dear Reverend Deacon Matthew, while this is true of Istanbul, Constantinople before its fall in 1453 was defined by the Theodosian walls. And today the bits that matter to us - the Phanar and Aghia Sophia - are in Europe.

Andreas (who abhors pedantry).

04-15-2009, 12:06 AM	#31
mensforyouthis Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	My dear Andreas, if you wish to pedantically precise, do let's remember that Constantinople is in both Europe and Asia. It's one of very few cities that sits on two continents. INXC, Dcn Matthew And if I may venture to be yet more precise, my dear Reverend Deacon Matthew, while this is true of Istanbul, Constantinople before its fall in 1453 was defined by the Theodosian walls. And today the bits that matter to us - the Phanar and Aghia Sophia - are in Europe. Andreas (who abhors pedantry).
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