Column of Marcian

The Column of Marcian is a Roman honorific column erected in Constantinople by the praefectus urbi Tatianus and dedicated to the Emperor Marcian. It is located in the present-day district of .
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Roman triumphal column in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Also known as: “Kıztaşı”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Valens Aqueduct.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

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The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. is situated 420 metres east of Column of Marcian.

Mosque
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is situated 120 metres northeast of Column of Marcian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include İskenderpaşa and Vefa.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of .

Quarter
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is part of the district of in , and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 8,541. It is so named because it was founded by migrants from in central Turkey, brought here in the 15th century by Mehmet II to repopulate the city after its conquest.

Column of Marcian

Latitude
41.01544° or 41° 0′ 56″ north
Longitude
28.95029° or 28° 57′ 1″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X82+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3236233297
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q285236
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Column of Marcian” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Marcianus-suil”
  • Azerbaijani: “Markian sütunu”
  • Bulgarian: “Колона на Маркиан”
  • Chinese: “马尔西安柱”
  • Dutch: “Column of Marcian”
  • French: “colonne de Marcien”
  • French: “Colonne de Marcien”
  • German: “Markian-Säule”
  • Greek: “Στήλη του Μαρκιανού”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Marciano”
  • Macedonian: “Столб на Маркијан”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Marciano”
  • Russian: “Колонна Маркиана”
  • Slovenian: “Marcijanov steber”
  • Slovenian: “Markijanov steber”
  • Spanish: “Columna de Marciano”
  • Turkish: “Kıztaşı”

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