The siege of Negroponte was fought between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II in person, and the garrison of the Venetian colony of Negroponte (Chalcis), the capital of the Venetian possession of Euboea in Central Greece.

Finally, a large fleet under the command of Mahmud Pasha set out from Gallipoli in 1470, captured the island of Shira on the way, and then besieged Negroponte.

For this reason, as was done in Istanbul, some of the ships were transported from land to the other side of the castle and thus that road was also closed.

In addition, its walls were built of chipped stones from the ground up and reinforced with lime and mortar.

[7] At this time, the Venetian navy came to the rescue, but they were unable to enter the castle neither by land nor by sea.

However, Venetian Admiral Nicolò attacked the bridge built by the Turks, but he did not achieve any success.

Although those on land did not take advantage of the incoming fleet, they did not lose their courage and fought very heroically.

[8] Because the city had refused to surrender and was taken "by the sword", as was customary, the conquering Ottoman troops were given three days to plunder, loot, and pillage.

The Christian men were slaughtered, while women and children were enslaved, and Venetian soldiers were executed.

In fact, the prisoner of the siege Giovanni Maria Angiolello states that Paolo died in the first attack: "Pollo Erizzo, Bailo of the city, who was killed in the first onslaught, that is, at the defense of the Bourkos.