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Cistern Of The Hebdomon
The Cistern of the Hebdomon ( gr, κινστέρνη τοῦ Ἕβδομου), known in Turkish as Fildamı Sarnıcı ("Cistern of the elephant's stable"),Mamboury (1953), p. 326 is a Byzantine open sky water reservoir built in the quarter of the ''Hebdomon'' (today's Bakırköy), an outskirt of Constantinople.Janin (1964), p. 205 Location The cistern is located in Istanbul, in the district of Bakırköy, in the mahalle of ''Osmaniye'', between ''Fildamı Arkası'' and ''Çoban çeşme Sokak'', to the northwest of the ''Veli Efendi'' horse race track. Topographically, it lies about 2 km west of the Golden Gate of the Walls of Constantinople, in the western part of a small valley – now completely built up – which runs southwards to the Marmara sea. History The date of construction of this cistern, which lay in the outskirts of the Hebdomon ( el, , "the Seventh", so called because of its location seven Roman miles from the Milion, the mile-marker monument of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakırköy
Bakırköy is a neighbourhood, municipality and district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The quarter is densely populated, has a residential character and is inhabited by an upper middle class population. The municipality of Bakırköy is much larger than the quarter and also includes several other neighbourhoods, such as Yeşilköy, Yeşilyurt, Ataköy. Bakırköy lies between the highway (locally known as E-5) and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy has a large psychiatric hospital called "Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi", and is an important shopping and commercial center. History In the Byzantine period Bakırköy was a separate community outside Constantinople, a well-watered pleasant seaside retreat from the city, and was called Hebdomon ( el, , "the Seventh", i.e. seven Roman miles from the Milion, the mile-marker monument of Constantinople).Janin (1964), p. 446 Here - where nowadays the Ataköy Marina lies - the Emperor Valens buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Of Mars
The term Field of Mars ( la, Campus Martius) goes back to antiquity, and designates an area, inside or near a city, used as a parade or exercise ground by the military. Notable examples of places which were used for these purposes include: * Campus Martius, an area in ancient Rome * Champ de Mars, a large public space in front of the Military Academy in Paris * Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg), a square in Saint Petersburg Modern-day examples of places which have been given this name include: * Campo Marte, a venue for military, government and equestrian events in Mexico City * Field of Mars Reserve, bushland in New South Wales, Australia * Pedion tou Areos, a large public park in Athens See also *Mars (other) * Champ de Mars (other) * Campus Martius (other) * Campo Marte (other) * Marchfield (assembly) *Mars (oil platform) Mars is a permanent offshore drilling and production tension-leg oil platform (TLP) operating in Mississippi Canyon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistern Of Aspar
The Cistern of Aspar ( gr, ἡ τοῦ Ἂσπαρος κινστέρνη) or Great Cistern ( el, μεγίστη κινστέρνη), known in Turkish as Sultan Selim Çukurbostanı ("sunken garden of Sultan Selim"),Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 279 was a Byzantine open-air water reservoir in the city of Constantinople. Location The cistern is located in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih (the walled city), in the most elevated part of the quarter of Fener, in the neighborhood named after the building '' Çukurbostan'', near the Yavuz Selim Mosque, between ''Sultan Selim Caddesi'' and ''Yavuz Selim Caddesi''. It lies on the eastern slope of the fifth hill of Istanbul, overlooking the Golden Horn. History The construction of this cistern, which lay in the fourteenth region of Constantinople, in the area called by the Byzantines ''Petrion'', was started in 459, under Emperor Marcian (r. 450-57), by Aspar, an Alan-Gothic general serving the empire, and by his sons Ardabur and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistern Of Aetius
The Cistern of Aetius ( gr, ἡ Κινστέρνη τοῦ Ἄετίου) was an important Byzantine water reservoir in the city of Constantinople. Once one of the largest Byzantine cisterns, it is now a football stadium in Istanbul. Since 1928 it has been known as Eyice (1955), p. 71. or , while in the Ottoman period it was known as the . Location The cistern is located in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih (the walled city), in the neighborhood of Karagümrük, about southeast of the Gate of Edirne (the Byzantine Gate of Charisius, later known as Gate of Adrianople) of the city walls, along ''Fevzi Paşa Caddesi''.Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 278Janin (1964), p. 203 It lies at the upper end of the valley which divides the fifth and the sixth hills of Constantinople. History Although according to a late tradition, the erection of the cistern, which lay in the fourteenth region of Constantinople, dates back to the reign of Emperor Valens (r. 364–78), it is ascertained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Brick
Roman brick can refer either to a type of brick used in Ancient Roman architecture and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered; or to a modern type inspired by the ancient prototypes. In both cases, it characteristically has longer and flatter dimensions than those of standard modern bricks. Ancient The Romans only developed fired clay bricks under the Empire, but had previously used mudbrick, dried only by the sun and therefore much weaker and only suitable for smaller buildings. Development began under Augustus, using techniques developed by the Greeks, who had been using fired bricks much longer, and the earliest dated building in Rome to make use of fired brick is the Theatre of Marcellus, completed in 13 BC. Subsequent uses of fired brick included the Scrongulus Amphitheatre, completed shortly after. Though its use of brick was innovative at the time, the theatre collapsed in a conflict soon thereafter. The process of drying bricks in a kiln made it so these bricks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opus Listatum
''Opus'' (pl. ''opera'') is a Latin word meaning "work". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (pl.). Opus or OPUS may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Opus number, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publication, and hence applied to collections as well as individual compositions * OPUS Records, a Slovak record label * Opus 111, a French classical record label bought by Naive Bands * Opus (Austrian band), an Austrian pop-rock group * Opus (Yugoslav band), a former Yugoslav progressive rock group * Opus III (band), an English electronic pop group * Pur (band), a German pop group originally known as "Opus" Albums * ''Opus'' (Opus album), 1987 album by Austrian band Opus * ''Opus'' (Schiller album), 2013 album by German music project Schiller * ''Opus'', a 2014 album by Jane Badler * ''Opus'' (Eric Prydz album), 2016 album by the electronic artist Eric Prydz ** "Opus" (Eric Prydz song), song from the eponymous album. * ''Opus'', a 2007 compil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Roman Architecture
Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one body of classical architecture. Roman architecture flourished in the Roman Republic and to even a greater extent under the Empire, when the great majority of surviving buildings were constructed. It used new materials, particularly Roman concrete, and newer technologies such as the arch and the dome to make buildings that were typically strong and well-engineered. Large numbers remain in some form across the former empire, sometimes complete and still in use to this day. Roman architecture covers the period from the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC to about the 4th century AD, after which it becomes reclassified as Late Antique or Byzantine architecture. Few substantial examples survive from before about 100 BC, and most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica ( el, βασιλική κινστέρνή, tr, Yerebatan Sarnıcı or tr, Yerebatan Saray, label=none, "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Today it is kept with little water, for public access inside the space. History This subterranean cistern was called Basilica because it was located under a large public square, the Stoa Basilica, on the First Hill of Constantinople. Prior to its construction, a great basilica stood on the spot. It had been built during the Early Roman Age between the 3rd and 4th centuries as a commercial, legal and artistic centre. The basilica was reconstructed by Illus after a fire in 476. Ancient texts indicated that the basil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belediye
Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-". The Arabic term amanah () is also used for "municipality". Arab countries Sets Other * Western Region Municipality () * Dubai Municipality () * Unaizah Municipality Unaizah ( ar, عنيزة ) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; ar, محافظة عنيزة ) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and n ... () Turkish In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative ''belediyesi''), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council". See also * Opshtina References Types of administrative division {{Geo-term-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Sultan
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its height, the Ottoman Empire spanned an area from Hungary in the north to rebel in the south and from Algeria in the west to Iraq in the east. Administered at first from the city of Söğüt since before 1280 and then from the city of Bursa since 1323 or 1324, the empire's capital was moved to Adrianople (now known as Edirne in English) in 1363 following its conquest by Murad I and then to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in 1453 following its conquest by Mehmed II. The Ottoman Empire's early years have been the subject of varying narratives, due to the difficulty of discerning fact from legend. The empire came into existence at the end of the 13th century, and its first ruler (and the namesake of the Empire) was Osman I. According to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall Of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The city's collapse is usually agreed on as marking the end of the Middle Ages. The attacking Ottoman Army, which significantly outnumbered Constantinople's defenders, was commanded by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II (later nicknamed "the Conqueror"), while the Byzantine army was led by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. After conquering the city, Mehmed II made Constantinople the new Ottoman capital, replacing Adrianople. The conquest of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire was a watershed of the Late Middle Ages, marking the effective end of the last remains of the Roman Empire, a state which began in roughly 27 BC and had lasted nearly 1500 years. Among many modern historians, the Fall of Constantinop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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