Prison of Anemas
The Prison of Anemas is a large Byzantine building attached to the walls of the city of Constantinople. It is traditionally identified with the prisons named after Michael Anemas, a Byzantine general who rose in unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and was the first person to be imprisoned there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Byzantine building in Istanbul, Turkey
- Address: Dervişzade Sokağı 10, 34087
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Horn and Walls of Blachernai.
Golden Horn
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The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Walls of Blachernai
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The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. Walls of Blachernai is situated 180 metres south of Prison of Anemas.
Church of St. Mary of Blachernae
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The Church of Saint Mary of Blachernae is an Eastern Orthodox church in Mustafa Paşa Bostanı Sokak in Ayvansaray in the Fatih district of Istanbul, just inside the old walled city. Church of St. Mary of Blachernae is situated 170 metres east of Prison of Anemas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hasköy and Eyüpsultan.
Hasköy
Quarter
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Hasköy is a trading and residential district on the northern bank of the Golden Horn in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It includes the neighbourhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce.
Eyüpsultan
Town
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Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea.
Fener
Quarter
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Fener, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.
Prison of Anemas
- Categories: architectural structure and tourism
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.03841° or 41° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
28.9408° or 28° 56′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8GHC2WQR+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 6373152085OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3081830
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Prison of Anemas” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿涅马斯监狱”
- French: “prison d’Anemas”
- French: “Prison d’Anemas”
- German: “Anemas-Gefängnis”
- German: “Gefängnis des Anemas”
- Greek: “Φυλακή του Ανεμά”
- Japanese: “アネマスの牢獄”
- Macedonian: “Затвор Анемас”
- Portuguese: “Prisão de Anemas”
- Russian: “Тюрьма Анемас”
- Serbian: “Затвор Анема”
- Slovenian: “Anemasova ječa”
- Spanish: “Prision de Anemas”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Anemas”
- Turkish: “Anemas zindanları”
- Turkish: “Anemas Zindanları”
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