“To the left is the lighthouse which is connected to the town by a mole on which there are batteries for defending the entrance to the port. In the centre there is the rampart in front of which there is a moat. To the right is the renowned Damned or Devil's Tower, built by the famous Ahmed-ibn-Tulonn, which for a long time resisted the efforts of the crusades.” Napoleon
See the article by Gérard Arbois “L'impossible rêve oriental de Napoléon” in the Revue du Souvenir napoléonien n°402.
Constantinople
