Hippodrome (196-330) and The Great Palace (330-338)

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:47

Hippodrome of Constantinople (196-330) was initially built by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and later enlarged by the Roman emperor Constantine The Great

Sphendone (curved tribune)

Sphendone (today)

Spina (the long wall dividing the racing track, with columns and obelisks) was embellished by the Roman emperor Theodosius The Great, who brought the obelisk of Thutmosis III from Karnak, Egypt, and the Delphi Tripod from Delphi, Greece

Spina (today)

Hippodrome (left), the Great Palace (middle) and St. Sophia (right)

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:50

The Great Palace (front) and the Hippodrome (back)

The Great Palace (324-337) was built by Constantine The Great

Daphne

Daphne courtyard and Octagon

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:52

Onopus and Augusteus

Onopus

Zeuxippos

Passage to the Kathisma (Emperor's Loge) at the Hippodrome (the Hippodrome was connected to the Great Palace through this passage which could be accessed only by the emperor)

Passage to the Kathisma and St. Stephen Church

The Kathisma (Emperor's Loge) inside the Hippodrome

Referee's Loge (across the Kathisma)

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:53

Restoration works at the Great Palace

Floor mosaics of the Great Palace

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:55

Frescoes on the walls

Late Roman statue inside the Great Palace

An earlier Roman statue head

A long corridor with arches and vaults (seen in the background)

The Great Palace is so huge that it will take many years to complete the restoration works and open it for the visit of tourists (right now you can only see the floor mosaics)

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:56

New York Times article published when the most important sections of The Great Palace were discovered in 1998

Is This the Secret Heart of the Byzantine Empire?

By STEPHEN KINZER. New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1998

Nearly a thousand years after it was lost to history, Turkish archeologists have apparently found ruins of the Great Palace from which Byzantine emperors ruled much of the known world.

The archeologists were cleaning an underground Ottoman chamber one day in April when they noticed a narrow corridor filled with dirt and debris. Crawling through it with mounting excitement they quickly realized that they were looking not at Ottoman ruins but at something much older.

''It is wonderful, one of the most important finds in many years,'' Erendiz Ozbayoglu, a professor of classical languages at Istanbul University, said last week. ''We knew the palace existed, and we have hundreds of books and manuscripts describing it. Now, after all this time, we are actually going to be able to see it. It's very, very exciting.''

Archeologists involved in the excavation are not certain which part of the sprawling palace complex they have uncovered, but believe that one room they found may have served as a library or archive. Its arching wall is decorated with floral and geometric patterns. A thousand years have not dimmed the vivid green, yellow and red pigment.

The palace may become a major tourist attraction when it is fully excavated, but that is likely to take several years.

''What we have found is most probably the Great Palace,'' said Alpay Pasinli, director of the Istanbul Archeological Museum, who is overseeing the excavation.

''When we reached the room with the fresco, we stared at it for a long time,'' he said. ''To see something that no one has laid eyes on for so many centuries is quite an emotional experience.''

Constantine the Great built the core of the Great Palace after he made this city the capital of the Roman Empire in A.D. 330, and work continued intermittently for eight centuries. The palace was home to more than 50 Byzantine emperors and the stage for countless intrigues, some of which decided the fate of nations. It was filled with wondrous furnishings, among them a tree of gilded bronze and matching gilded lions equipped with machines that enabled them to roar and beat the ground with their tails.

''The throne itself was so contrived that at one moment it stood low on the ground and the next moment it would suddenly be raised high in the air,'' an Italian Ambassador reported in 949.

Constantinople, built on top of the ancient Greek city Byzantium, was devastated by fires in the 12th century and then plundered by Crusaders in 1204. Later, after it was captured by the Ottoman Turks, a new palace called Topkapi was built.

The newly discovered ruins are just outside the Topkapi walls and across the street from the majestic Hagia Sophia, which for centuries was the largest and most important church in Christendom, but after 1453 a mosque and now a museum.

A dozen stone steps lead down to the excavation. The corridor leading to the newly discovered rooms is about 4 feet wide and 100 feet long. Halfway down its length, delicate red bricks typical of the Ottoman period give way to the large marble blocks and swirling masonry patterns associated with Byzantine architecture.

Kazansky · 16-02-2006, 03:58

These two images belong to the section discovered in 1998

Kazansky · 27-02-2006, 16:01

Buyuk Saray'in yer mozaiklerinin dosenmesine Constantinus I (306-337) doneminde (330 ve 337 arasinda) baslanmis ve Justinianus I (527-565) doneminde mozaikler tamamlanmistir.

Istanbul Mozaik Muzesi

Kazansky · 04-03-2006, 04:09

phin · 06-03-2006, 15:31

ne kadar muhteşem
teşekkürler

bu yazıları ve çizimleri hangi kaynaktan aldınız acaba ?

Kazansky · 08-03-2006, 04:40

Yazılar ve araştırma bana ait, çizimler www.byzantium1200.com sitesinden.

İmparator Phocas döneminde Boukoleon Sarayı da Büyük Saray'a dahil edilmişti; yani "Büyük Saray" Ayasofya'dan Boukoleon'a (neredeyse Sarayburnu'ndan Marmara'ya) dek uzanan devasa bir saray kompleksi haline geldi.

Kazansky · 08-03-2006, 04:41

Magnaura Kulesi (The Great Palace 2 olarak işaretli bölümde)

The Great Palace 1 olarak işaretli bölümdeki (Ayasofya'ya yakın olan büyük kısım) kazı çalışmaları (yer mozaikleri büyük ölçüde 1930'lu yıllarda buradan çıkarılmış)

Civarda bulunan Büyük Saray'a ve Hipodrom'a ait kolonlar

gün · 08-03-2006, 10:14

Eline sağlık

bortluce · 09-03-2006, 19:41

Bu çalışmalar gösteriyor ki bir zamanlar insanlar eserler yaratmışlar ve kalıntıları bu güne kadar bütün tahribata rağmen kaybolup yok olmamış.Bütün uğraş verenleri kutlar başarılar dilerim.

**Patak** · 18-05-2006, 01:01

Ben uzun süredir merak duyuyordum bu konuya ..
ve öyle de güzel aydınlandım ki.
Evet ellerinize sağlık ...

16-02-2006, 03:47	#1
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Hippodrome (196-330) and The Great Palace (324-337) Hippodrome of Constantinople (196-330) was initially built by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and later enlarged by the Roman emperor Constantine The Great Sphendone (curved tribune) Sphendone (today) Spina (the long wall dividing the racing track, with columns and obelisks) was embellished by the Roman emperor Theodosius The Great, who brought the obelisk of Thutmosis III from Karnak, Egypt, and the Delphi Tripod from Delphi, Greece Spina (today) Hippodrome (left), the Great Palace (middle) and St. Sophia (right) En son Kazansky tarafından düzenlendi : 16-02-2006 04:31.

16-02-2006, 03:50	#2
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	The Great Palace (front) and the Hippodrome (back) The Great Palace (324-337) was built by Constantine The Great Daphne Daphne courtyard and Octagon En son Kazansky tarafından düzenlendi : 16-02-2006 04:32.

06-03-2006, 15:31	#10
phin Yönetici Kayıt Tarihi: 29-01-2001 Mesaj: 918	ne kadar muhteşem teşekkürler bu yazıları ve çizimleri hangi kaynaktan aldınız acaba ? __________________ Y. Mimar Seda A. Öztek www.oztekmimarlik.com

09-03-2006, 19:41	#14
bortluce Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 23-01-2005 Mesaj: 101	restorasyon Bu çalışmalar gösteriyor ki bir zamanlar insanlar eserler yaratmışlar ve kalıntıları bu güne kadar bütün tahribata rağmen kaybolup yok olmamış.Bütün uğraş verenleri kutlar başarılar dilerim.

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16-02-2006, 03:52	#3
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Onopus and Augusteus Onopus Zeuxippos Passage to the Kathisma (Emperor's Loge) at the Hippodrome (the Hippodrome was connected to the Great Palace through this passage which could be accessed only by the emperor) Passage to the Kathisma and St. Stephen Church The Kathisma (Emperor's Loge) inside the Hippodrome Referee's Loge (across the Kathisma)

16-02-2006, 03:53	#4
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Restoration works at the Great Palace Floor mosaics of the Great Palace

16-02-2006, 03:55	#5
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Frescoes on the walls Late Roman statue inside the Great Palace An earlier Roman statue head A long corridor with arches and vaults (seen in the background) The Great Palace is so huge that it will take many years to complete the restoration works and open it for the visit of tourists (right now you can only see the floor mosaics)

16-02-2006, 03:56	#6
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	New York Times article published when the most important sections of The Great Palace were discovered in 1998 Is This the Secret Heart of the Byzantine Empire? By STEPHEN KINZER. New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1998 Nearly a thousand years after it was lost to history, Turkish archeologists have apparently found ruins of the Great Palace from which Byzantine emperors ruled much of the known world. The archeologists were cleaning an underground Ottoman chamber one day in April when they noticed a narrow corridor filled with dirt and debris. Crawling through it with mounting excitement they quickly realized that they were looking not at Ottoman ruins but at something much older. ''It is wonderful, one of the most important finds in many years,'' Erendiz Ozbayoglu, a professor of classical languages at Istanbul University, said last week. ''We knew the palace existed, and we have hundreds of books and manuscripts describing it. Now, after all this time, we are actually going to be able to see it. It's very, very exciting.'' Archeologists involved in the excavation are not certain which part of the sprawling palace complex they have uncovered, but believe that one room they found may have served as a library or archive. Its arching wall is decorated with floral and geometric patterns. A thousand years have not dimmed the vivid green, yellow and red pigment. The palace may become a major tourist attraction when it is fully excavated, but that is likely to take several years. ''What we have found is most probably the Great Palace,'' said Alpay Pasinli, director of the Istanbul Archeological Museum, who is overseeing the excavation. ''When we reached the room with the fresco, we stared at it for a long time,'' he said. ''To see something that no one has laid eyes on for so many centuries is quite an emotional experience.'' Constantine the Great built the core of the Great Palace after he made this city the capital of the Roman Empire in A.D. 330, and work continued intermittently for eight centuries. The palace was home to more than 50 Byzantine emperors and the stage for countless intrigues, some of which decided the fate of nations. It was filled with wondrous furnishings, among them a tree of gilded bronze and matching gilded lions equipped with machines that enabled them to roar and beat the ground with their tails. ''The throne itself was so contrived that at one moment it stood low on the ground and the next moment it would suddenly be raised high in the air,'' an Italian Ambassador reported in 949. Constantinople, built on top of the ancient Greek city Byzantium, was devastated by fires in the 12th century and then plundered by Crusaders in 1204. Later, after it was captured by the Ottoman Turks, a new palace called Topkapi was built. The newly discovered ruins are just outside the Topkapi walls and across the street from the majestic Hagia Sophia, which for centuries was the largest and most important church in Christendom, but after 1453 a mosque and now a museum. A dozen stone steps lead down to the excavation. The corridor leading to the newly discovered rooms is about 4 feet wide and 100 feet long. Halfway down its length, delicate red bricks typical of the Ottoman period give way to the large marble blocks and swirling masonry patterns associated with Byzantine architecture.

16-02-2006, 03:58	#7
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	These two images belong to the section discovered in 1998

27-02-2006, 16:01	#8
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Buyuk Saray'in yer mozaiklerinin dosenmesine Constantinus I (306-337) doneminde (330 ve 337 arasinda) baslanmis ve Justinianus I (527-565) doneminde mozaikler tamamlanmistir. Istanbul Mozaik Muzesi Mozaiklerin buyuk boy yakin plan resimleri (900x600 pixel) http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0239.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0240.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0242.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0244.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0243.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0230.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0231.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0233.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0234.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0235.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0236.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0237.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0238.jpg http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/is...s/DCP_0241.jpg

04-03-2006, 04:09	#9
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205

08-03-2006, 04:40	#11
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Yazılar ve araştırma bana ait, çizimler www.byzantium1200.com sitesinden. İmparator Phocas döneminde Boukoleon Sarayı da Büyük Saray'a dahil edilmişti; yani "Büyük Saray" Ayasofya'dan Boukoleon'a (neredeyse Sarayburnu'ndan Marmara'ya) dek uzanan devasa bir saray kompleksi haline geldi.

08-03-2006, 04:41	#12
Kazansky Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 08-09-2002 Mesaj: 205	Magnaura Kulesi (The Great Palace 2 olarak işaretli bölümde) The Great Palace 1 olarak işaretli bölümdeki (Ayasofya'ya yakın olan büyük kısım) kazı çalışmaları (yer mozaikleri büyük ölçüde 1930'lu yıllarda buradan çıkarılmış) Civarda bulunan Büyük Saray'a ve Hipodrom'a ait kolonlar

08-03-2006, 10:14	#13
gün Forum Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 06-03-2006 Mesaj: 1.531	Eline sağlık

Şu an bu konuyu izleyen aktif kullanıcılar: 3 (0 üye ve 3 misafir)

18-05-2006, 01:01	#15
Patak Arkitera Üyesi Kayıt Tarihi: 04-06-2005 Mesaj: 6	Ben uzun süredir merak duyuyordum bu konuya .. ve öyle de güzel aydınlandım ki. Evet ellerinize sağlık ...