Previous Concurrent Next Destruction of the Great Chain Timeframe Conflict Date Place Outcome Affiliations involved Participants The Destruction of the Great Chain was an event during the Renaissance that occurred in the year 1511, of which the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze destroyed the Great Chain across Constantinople's Golden Horn. This allowed Ezio to depart from the city, and journey to the Byzantine Templars' headquarters of Derinkuyu.