The Fenari Isa Mosque is recognizable by its exterior walls of alternating brick and stone bands, a defining characteristic of late Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. This building, located in the Fatih district, began as the Lips…
Byzantine Ruins of Fatih
Trace the colossal physical remnants of Constantinople that still stand integrated into the modern neighborhood of Fatih, from grand imperial churches to massive Roman water infrastructure.
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1. Fenari Isa Mosque
2. Column of Marcian
The Column of Marcian rises ten meters above the street, identifiable by its shaft of red-gray Egyptian granite topped with a Corinthian capital decorated with eagles. Erected between four hundred fifty and four hundred fifty-two by the…
3. Molla Zeyrek Mosque
The Molla Zeyrek Mosque stands out as a sprawling, multi-domed assembly of brickwork that serves as the second-largest surviving religious structure built by the Byzantines in Istanbul. Originally commissioned in the twelfth century by…
4. Zeyrek Sarnıcı
The Zeyrek Cistern is a rectangular, brick-and-stone underground structure identifiable by a series of exterior niches built into its walls to withstand the pressure of the water it once held. Dating to the twelfth century, this Byzantine…
5. Aqueduct of Valens
The Aqueduct of Valens stands out as a massive series of stacked stone arches bridging a valley between two of Istanbul's historic hills. Completed in three hundred seventy-three under Emperor Valens, this structure was once the vital…
6. Kalenderhane Mosque
The Kalenderhane Mosque is defined by its deep, layered history, sitting as a red-brick and stone structure in the shadow of the ancient Aqueduct of Valens. Originally a Byzantine church dating largely to the twelfth century, it rests atop…