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The Tatavla district is located on the European coast of Constantinople (Istanbul). The first settlements date back to the middle of the 16th century during the reign of the Sultan Süleyman I the Magnificent (1520-1566), when the location there of Orthodox former captives of the Ottoman fleet is documented. During the 19th and the early 20th century, it was a numerous community, the inhabitants of which belonged to the middle strata of the Greek-Orthodox Istanbul society. Since the 1960s,... |
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Tekfur Sarayı (Palace of the Porphyrogennetus) |
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Tekfur Sarayi, or the “Palace of Porphyrogennetos”, constitutes the only surviving late Byzantine palace of Constantinople. It is a trapezoid-shaped three-story building which is situated on the northern end of the land walls of Theodosios II. In terms of arrangement, it bears similarities with the south wing of the palace of Mistra, whereas its morphology resembles similar buildings of the West. It is dated to the 14th century, based on its wall masonry and its morphological elements. |
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The no-longer extant Bronze Tetrapylon was the main landmark in south-western quarter of Constantinople. As a pagan triumphal structure at the crossing of cardo and decumanus, this four-columned monument marked the intersection of the Mese and avenue connecting the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara. By the 10th century, the Tetrapylon sheltered the relics of the Forty Martyrs, confirming the long-living tradition of triumphal tetrapyla within a Christian context. |
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The Armenian community of Constantinople |
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The Patriarchate of Constantinople, 1453-1839 |
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The fortifications that were built in Constantinople in order to replace the original walls of Constantine I date to the period of Theodosios II (408-450) and were repaired many times throuhout the centuries. The walls of Theodosios had three defensive lines (moat, outer wall and main wall) and remained practically impenetrable until 1453. |
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Theological School of Chalki |
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Theotokos in Chalkoprateia |
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The monument is located near the church of Hagia Sophia. It was one of the most important churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the early Byzantine Constantinople. Today it preserves only few architectural remains. It was built by Verina, the wife of Leo I, probably after 474. The church hosted the patriarchal see during 532-537 and was rebuilt in the years of Basil I. According to the tradition, the girdle of the Virgin Mary was kept there. |
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Две арабљанске опсаде Цариграда (674-678; 717/718) |
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Две арабљанске опсаде Цариграда (674-678 и 717/718), уз победу франачког војсковође Карла Мартела над Арабљанима код Поатјеа 732. године, спадају у догађаје од светскоисторијског значаја. За разлику од Персије која је подлегла исламским ратницима, Византијско царство је после тешких борби и вишедеценијске дефанзиве (634-674) у одсудном тренутку успело да одоли Арабљанима који су опасно угрозили престоницу на Босфору. На тај начин је заустављена арабљанска инвазија на југоисточне делове... |
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