Editing Enrico Dandolo (section)

=== Death and burial ===
[[Image:Enrico Dandolo gravestone.jpg|thumb|Nineteenth-century grave marker in the [[Hagia Sophia]]'s East Gallery]]

Dandolo died in May{{sfn|Madden|2003|p= 194}} or June{{sfn|Van Tricht|2011|p=263}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|title=Venice and its Story|last=Okey|pages=167}}</ref><ref>According to Villehardouin, Dandolo died before May 29, but since [[Andrea Dandolo]] gives June 1 and a letter dated June 6 doesn't mention his death, the date is often stated as June while Madden prefers to follow the contemporary Villehardouin ({{harvsp|Madden|2003|loc= n.144 p. 266}})</ref> 1205 and was buried in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. In the 19th century an [[Fossati brothers|Italian restoration team]] placed a cenotaph marker near the probable location, which is still visible today. The marker is frequently mistaken by tourists as being a medieval marker of the actual tomb of the doge. The real tomb was allegedly destroyed; various legends attribute this destruction to the times of the Byzantine reconquest of the city or shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and subsequent conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Gallo|first=Rudolfo|title=La tomba di Enrico Dandolo in Santa Sofia a Constantinople|journal=Rivista mensile della Citta di Venezia|year=1927|volume=6|pages=270–83}}</ref>

However, a documentary aired by Turkey's public broadcaster TRT in 2021 found evidence contrary to these legends. TRT's georadar images indicate the presence of a human skeleton whose head is approximately 50 centimeters below the cenotaph in a sitting position facing towards Jerusalem. Certain features of the skeleton, such as the height and posture, are also in line with Dandolo's.<ref name="TRT">{{cite video |title=Gizemli Tarih: Ayasofya |author=TRT Belgesel |date=2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=eltgqziRWWg&t=2193}}</ref>