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  2. Walls of Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    The walls survived the entire Ottoman period and appeared in travelogues of foreign visitors to Constantinople/Istanbul. A 16th-century Chinese geographical treatise, for example, recorded, "Its city has two walls.

  3. Category:Byzantine architecture in Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Byzantine architecture in Istanbul" ... Walls of Constantinople This page was last edited on 9 January 2017, at 00:46 (UTC). ...

  4. Outline of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Constantinople is reinaugurated in 324 from ancient Byzantium by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and becomes the capital of the Roman Empire (11 May 330) Fall of Constantinople (1453)

  5. Architecture of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    The Column of Marcian (Turkish: Kıztaşı) erected by Marcianus (reigned 450–457) dates from the same period as the triple land walls of Theodosius II. The most extant Byzantine structure which has survived from the reign of Heraclius is the Prison of Anemas, [5] incorporated into the city walls, at Blachernae. It is a huge castle-like ...

  6. Palace of Blachernae - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Blachernae (Greek: τὸ ἐν Βλαχέρναις Παλάτιον) [1] was an imperial Roman residence in the suburb of Blachernae, located in the northwestern section of Constantinople (today located in the quarter of Ayvansaray in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey). The area of the palace is now mostly overbuilt, and only literary ...

  7. Historic Areas of Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution in Turkey, such as fine dust from traffic, is a serious problem in Istanbul. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although the historic peninsula was partially pedestrianised in the early 21st century, [ 3 ] a 2015 study found that this is the part of the city which would benefit most from a low emission zone . [ 4 ]

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