A view from the deck of hms caesar of galata bridge running across the golden horn to the centre of constantinople.
The golden roofs of constantinople.
It was the political.
Galata tower dominates the skyline of the medieval genoese citadel at the northern shore of the golden horn facing the old city peninsula of constantinople at the southern shore galata tower edit the genoese also built the galata tower which they named as christea turris tower of christ at the highest point of the citadel of galata in 1348.
Emperor leo iii provided the tactical solution in the form of the famous barrier chain.
According to one of the many greek legends about the constantinople s fall to the ottomans when the turks entered the city an angel rescued the emperor constantine xi palaiologos turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the golden gate where he waits to be brought to life again to conquer the city back for christians.
Cavalli di san marco also known as the triumphal quadriga is a set of roman bronze statues of four horses originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga a four horse carriage used for chariot racing the horses were placed on the facade on the loggia above the porch of st mark s basilica in venice northern italy after the sack of constantinople in.
Architectural triumphs of constantinople porta aurea golden gate illustration by antoine helbert.
The marble clad bases of its two large towers still stand and three arches decorated with columns stretch between them.
C onstantinople was the capital of the roman empire.
The golden horn posed a certain challenge for the byzantine engineers since the five miles of sea walls in that area were comparatively weak and the calm waters there could provide a safe anchorage to an enemy fleet.
On 25 july 1197 constantinople was struck by a severe fire which burned the latin quarter and the area around the gate of the droungarios turkish.
The porta aurea or golden gate in many ways symbolically mirrored the rise of the roman constantinople with the structure starting out as a triumphal arch established by emperor theodosius to mark the urbanization of the city.
The great palace of constantinople was the magnificent residence of byzantine emperors and their court officials which included a golden throne room with wondrous mechanical devices reception halls chapels treasury and gardens.
66 67 nevertheless the destruction wrought by the 1197 fire paled in comparison with that brought by the crusaders.
Painting of constantinople from 600 ad.
It was built on seven hills divided into 14 regions and was crossed by a river.
It has been hypothesized that the arch was constructed to commemorate the victory over the visigoths in 386 ad thus suggesting how the structure was.
In use from 330 to 1453 ce it was sumptuously decorated throughout with exotic marble and fine mosaics to impress visitors from near or far with the wealth and.
It was built into the defenses of theodosius ii near the junction of the land and sea walls.
The suleymaniye mosque dominates the backdrop the central dome and minarets stretching up beyond the variety of roofs and domes of the surrounding buildings.
The legend explained the later walling up of the gate as a turkish precaution against this prophecy.
