Guide 23 of 29
The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
İstanbul
Built into the land walls: the only substantially standing piece of Byzantine palace architecture in the city. Seven stops, about twelve minutes, best walked as part of a walls route.
Stops7
Duration9min
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The Weeping Column
Hagia Sophia · northwest corner
That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.
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