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It consists of three large and one small towers, connected by a wall reinforced with 13 small watchtowers. With cannons mounted on its main towers, the fort gave the Ottomans complete control of the passage of ships through Bosphorus, a role evoked by its original name, Boğazkesen ("cutter of the strait"). After the conquest of Constantinople ...
Philopatium or Philopation (Greek: Φιλοπάτιον) was the name of a palace and region outside the walls of the Byzantine capital Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey), known for its parks and gardens. According to 11th-century accounts, it was located north of Constantinople, just outside the Blachernae walls.
No Byzantine source defines directly the Amastrianum as a forum, but from the context it is clear that it was a public square. [4] Its name derived from the city of Amastris (modern Amasra) in Paphlagonia (a region on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia), either because someone from that city who had come to Constantinople for business was killed here, or because it was a place of ...
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]
The 557 Constantinople earthquake took place on the night of December 14. This earthquake , described in the works of Agathias , John Malalas , and Theophanes the Confessor , caused great damage to Constantinople , then capital of the Byzantine Empire in a region frequently afflicted with earthquakes. [ 3 ]
The Theodosian Walls consisted of a double wall lying about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the first wall and a moat with palisades in front. [12] Constantinople's location between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara reduced the land area that needed defensive walls.
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Virtual image of Constantinople in Byzantine era.In the foreground of the image to the right, the Boukoleon Palace. Hormisdas is an earlier name of the place. The name Bucoleon was probably attributed after the end of the 6th century under Justinian I, when the small harbour in front of the palace, which is now filled, was constructed.