Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
The Maritime Walls
The Maritime Walls
The maritime walls completed the defence of the city. The wall was a single wall reinforced by towers. Most of the walls along the Golden Horn have been sacrificed to modern traffic, while the walls along the Sea of Marmara have been partially preserved, in particular those at the tip of the peninsula from Topkapi Sarayi (the Seraglio , the Sultan's Palace) to the Blue Mosque.
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (1 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
What's New!
Detailed Sitemap
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to [email protected]. Text edited by Rosamie Moore.
Some of the towers still show inscriptions from the Byzantine period. Behind them the glory of the Sultans, Topkapi Sarayi (in the background of this page the kitchens of the palace).
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (2 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
The walls show from time to time signs of Byzantine buildings
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (3 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
.. as well as of Turkish additions.
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (4 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
The Sultans, like the Byzantine Emperors had more to fear from the inside, than from the outside; for this reason Topkapi Sarayi was protected by walls which went down the hill to join the maritime walls (and this explains why this stretch of the maritime walls is in good condition). The picture below is taken at the junction of the two lines of walls (in the background Hagia Sophia).
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (5 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
Bukoleon Palace
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (6 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
Emperor Justinian built a small imperial palace having direct access to the imperial harbour. The palace was decorated with statues of bulls and lions and it is named after them.
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (7 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
The ruins still retain some of the decoration.
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (8 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
Next to the palace the Lions' Gate led to the imperial harbour (the lions are today at the Archaeological Museum at Topkapi Sarayi). The ruins show the acanthus leaves decoration of the Roman tradition. Walls on the Sea
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (9 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
The Maritime Walls
A large modern avenue dedicated to President Kennedy runs along the Marmara Sea: here and there small sections of the maritime walls can be seen inland: only in one location they are still on the coastline and it is possible to visualize how they appeared seen from a ship. Introduction to this section From the Golden Horn to Top Kapi From Top Kapi to Yedikule Kapi From Yedikule Kapi to Mermer Kule Other pages dealing with Constantinople/Istanbul: Basic Istanbul Galata Clickable Map of Turkey showing all the locations covered in this website (opens in another window).
http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter4.html (10 de 10) [22/07/2012 3:05:39]
