Obelisk of Theodosius
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sultan Ahmed Square and Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.
Sultan Ahmed Square
Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
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.
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Museum
Photo: Chapultepec, Public domain.
The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey which first opened in 1914 and in 1983 moved into the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, the second grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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.
Obelisk of Theodosius
- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD
- Categories: obelisk, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Obelisk of Theodosius” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Obelisku i Teodosit”
- Arabic: “مسلة تحتمس الثالث”
- Armenian: “Թեոդոսիոսի կոթող”
- Azerbaijani: “Feodosi obeliski”
- Belarusian: “Абеліск Феадосія”
- Bulgarian: “Теодосиева колона”
- Catalan: “Obelisc de Teodosi el Gran”
- Chinese: “图特摩斯三世方尖碑”
- Czech: “Theodosiův obelisk”
- Dutch: “Obelisk of Theodosius”
- Dutch: “Obelisk van Theodosius”
- Esperanto: “Obelisko de Teodozio”
- French: “obélisque de Théodose”
- French: “Obélisque de Théodose”
- German: “Obelisk des Theodosius”
- Greek: “Οβελίσκος του Θεοδόσιου Α΄”
- Hebrew: “אובליסק תאודוסיוס”
- Hungarian: “Theodosius obeliszkje”
- Indonesian: “Obelisk Theodosius”
- Italian: “obelisco di Teodosio”
- Italian: “Obelisco di Teodosio”
- Japanese: “テオドシウスのオベリスク”
- Korean: “테오도시우스 오벨리스크”
- Latin: “Obeliscus Theodosii”
- Macedonian: “Обелиск на Теодосиј”
- Polish: “Obelisk Teodozjusza”
- Portuguese: “obelisco de Teodósio”
- Portuguese: “Obelisco de Teodósio”
- Russian: “Обелиск Феодосия”
- Slovenian: “Teodozijev obelisk”
- South Azerbaijani: “دیکیلیداش”
- Spanish: “obelisco de Teodosio”
- Spanish: “Obelisco de Teodosio”
- Swedish: “Theodosiusobelisken”
- Turkish: “Dikilitaş”
- Turkish: “Obelisk”
- Turkish: “Theodosius Dikilitaşı”
- Ukrainian: “Обеліск Феодосія”
- Western Panjabi: “تھیوڈوسیس دی اوبلسک”
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