The Golden Roofs Of Constantinople

C onstantinople was the capital of the roman empire.

The golden roofs of constantinople.

The suleymaniye mosque dominates the backdrop the central dome and minarets stretching up beyond the variety of roofs and domes of the surrounding buildings. A view from the deck of hms caesar of galata bridge running across the golden horn to the centre of constantinople. The horses of saint mark italian. It was built on seven hills divided into 14 regions and was crossed by a river.

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. Emperor leo iii provided the tactical solution in the form of the famous barrier chain. Architectural triumphs of constantinople porta aurea golden gate illustration by antoine helbert. 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.

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. 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. 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. The marble clad bases of its two large towers still stand and three arches decorated with columns stretch between them.

It was the political. Odun kapısı on the golden horn. Painting of constantinople from 600 ad. 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.

The legend explained the later walling up of the gate as a turkish precaution against this prophecy. 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. 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. 66 67 nevertheless the destruction wrought by the 1197 fire paled in comparison with that brought by the crusaders.