Hippodrome of Constantinople
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
Photo: Maurice Flesier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Obelisk of Theodosius.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum.
Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk
The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Kumkapı
Quarter
Kumkapı is a quarter in Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, Kumkapı is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.
Hippodrome of Constantinople
- Type: Garden
- Description: historic square in Istanbul
- Category: hippodrome
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Hippodrome of Constantinople” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hippodroom van Konstantinopel”
- Albanian: “Hipodromi i Kostandinopojës”
- Arabic: “ميدان السلطان أحمد”
- Avaric: “СултӀанахӀмет”
- Azerbaijani: “Sultanəhməd meydanı”
- Belarusian: “Канстанцінопальскі іпадром”
- Bulgarian: “Хиподрум”
- Catalan: “Hipòdrom de Constantinoble”
- Chinese: “君士坦丁堡竞技场”
- Chinese: “君士坦丁堡競技場”
- Chinese: “君士坦丁堡赛马场”
- Croatian: “Carigradski hipodrom”
- Croatian: “Konstantinov hipodrom”
- Czech: “Hippodrom v Konstantinopoli”
- Dutch: “Hippodroom (Constantinopel)”
- Dutch: “Hippodroom van Constantinopel”
- Dutch: “Hippodroom”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان سباق الخيل فى القسطنطينيه”
- Esperanto: “Hipodromo de Konstantinopolo”
- Finnish: “Konstantinopolin hippodromi”
- French: “At Meydanı”
- French: “hippodrome de Constantinople”
- French: “Hippodrome de Constantinople”
- French: “place aux chevaux”
- Galician: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
- German: “At Meydanı”
- German: “Hippodrom”
- German: “Sultan-Ahmed-Platz”
- German: “Sultanahmet Meydani”
- Greek: “Ιππόδρομος της Κωνσταντινούπολης”
- Hebrew: “ההיפודרום של קונסטנטינופול”
- Hebrew: “היפודרום קונסטנטינופול”
- Hungarian: “At Meydanı”
- Hungarian: “Konstantinápolyi Hippodrom”
- Icelandic: “Paðreimur”
- Indonesian: “Hipodrom Konstantinopel”
- Italian: “Ippodromo di Bisanzio”
- Italian: “Ippodromo di Costantino”
- Italian: “ippodromo di Costantinopoli”
- Italian: “Ippodromo di Costantinopoli”
- Japanese: “アト・メイダヌ”
- Japanese: “コンスタンティノープル競馬場”
- Japanese: “スルタンアフメト・メイダヌ”
- Korean: “술탄아흐메트 광장”
- Latin: “Circus Maximus”
- Latin: “Hippodromus”
- Latvian: “Konstantinopoles hipodroms”
- Latvian: “Sultanahmeta”
- Latvian: “Sultanahmetas laukums”
- Macedonian: “Константинополски хиподром”
- Macedonian: “Цариградски хиподром”
- Malay: “Hipodrom Constantinople”
- Mingrelian: “სულთანაჰმედი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “At Meydani”
- Norwegian: “At Meydani”
- Persian: “میدان سلطان احمد”
- Persian: “هیپودروم قسطنطنیه”
- Polish: “Hipodrom”
- Portuguese: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
- Romanian: “Hipodromul din Constantinopol”
- Romanian: “Piața Sultanahmet”
- Russian: “Константинопольский ипподром”
- Russian: “Площадь Ахмедие”
- Russian: “Площадь Ипподром”
- Russian: “Султанахмет (площадь)”
- Russian: “Султанахмет”
- Serbian: “Hipodrom u Carigradu”
- Serbian: “Хиподром у Константинопољу”
- Serbian: “Хиподром у Цариграду”
- Serbian: “Хиподром”
- Serbian: “Цариградски хиподром”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Carigradski Hipodrom”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hipodrom u Carigradu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hipodrom u Konstantinopolu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Konstantinov hipodrom”
- Slovenian: “Konstantinopelski hipodrom”
- Slovenian: “Konstantinoplski hipodrom”
- South Azerbaijani: “سولطان احمد مئیدانی”
- Spanish: “Hipodromo de Constantinopla”
- Spanish: “Hipódromo de Constantinopla”
- Swedish: “Hippodromen i Konstantinopel”
- Swedish: “Konstantinopolitanska hippodromen”
- Thai: “จัตุรัสสุลต่านอาเหม็ด”
- Turkish: “At Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Atmeydanı”
- Turkish: “Hipodrom Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Hipodrom”
- Turkish: “Hippodromos”
- Turkish: “Konstantinopol Hipodromu”
- Turkish: “Sultan Ahmet Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Sultanahmet Meydanı, At Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Sultanahmet meydanı”
- Turkish: “Sultanahmet Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Sultanahmet”
- Ukrainian: “Султанахмет”
- Urdu: “قسطنطنیہ کا گھڑ دوڑ کا میدان”
- Vietnamese: “Trường đua Constantinopolis”
- Western Panjabi: “سلطان احمد ویہڑہ”
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