Tekfur Sarayi
Image View Description:
Exterior: Palace Walls
Date:
14th century
Location:
Istanbul (Turkey)
Location 2:
Fatih District
Title Variant:
Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
Work Type:
architecture
Culture:
Byzantine
Culture 2:
Turkish
Style / Period:
Byzantine
Notes:

This palace was built towards the end of the Byzantine era and sustained considerable damage in the seige of 1453 due to its close proximity to the Theodosian Walls.

Record ID:
1617_ha2003_porphyrogenituspalace_vr_001
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