Walls of Blachernai
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.
- City walls
- …dates from the 12th century
- Description: city walls of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
- Also known as“Theodosian walls”“Walls of Constantinople”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Horn and Prison of Anemas.
Prison of Anemas
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The Prison of Anemas is a large Byzantine building… Prison of Anemas is situated 180 metres north of Walls of Blachernai.
Church of St. Mary of Blachernae
The Church of Saint Mary of Blachernae is an Eastern… Church of St. Mary of Blachernae is situated 250 metres northeast of Walls of Blachernai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fener and Hasköy.
Eyüpsultan
Town
Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Walls of Blachernai
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Latitude
41.03681° or 41° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
28.94079° or 28° 56′ 27″ east
Open location code
8GHC2WPR+P8
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Walls of Blachernai” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mure van Konstantinopel”
- Arabic: “أسوار القسطنطينية”
- Armenian: “Կոստանդնուպոլսի պարիսպներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Konstantinopol divarları”
- Basque: “Konstantinoplako harresiak”
- Bulgarian: “Константинополски стени”
- Bulgarian: “Стени на Константинопол”
- Catalan: “muralles de Constantinoble”
- Catalan: “Muralles de Constantinoble”
- Chechen: “Феодосийн пенаш”
- Chinese: “君士坦丁堡城牆”
- Croatian: “Teodozijeve zidine”
- Czech: “Konstantinopolské hradby”
- Dutch: “Muren van Constantinopel”
- French: “murailles de Constantinople”
- French: “Murailles de Constantinople”
- Georgian: “კონსტანტინოპოლის კედლები”
- German: “Blachernenmauer”
- German: “Theodosianische Mauer”
- Greek: “Θεοδοσιανά Τείχη”
- Greek: “Τείχη της Κωνσταντινούπολης”
- Hebrew: “חומות קונסטנטינופול”
- Hungarian: “Konstantinápoly falai”
- Indonesian: “Tembok Konstantinopel”
- Italian: “Mura di Costantinopoli”
- Japanese: “コンスタンティノープルの城壁”
- Japanese: “テオドシウスの城壁”
- Korean: “테오도시우스 성벽”
- Macedonian: “Цариградски ѕидини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De theodosianske murer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konstantinopels murer”
- Norwegian: “De theodosianske murer”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Muralhas de Constantinòple”
- Persian: “دیوارهای قسطنطنیه”
- Polish: “Mury Konstantynopola”
- Polish: “Walls of Constantinople”
- Portuguese: “Muralhas de Constantinopla”
- Romanian: “zidurile Constantinopolului”
- Romanian: “Zidurile Constantinopolului”
- Russian: “Стены Константинополя”
- Serbian: “Цариградски бедеми”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Carigradski bedemi”
- Slovenian: “Konstantinopelsko obzidje”
- Spanish: “Murallas de Constantinopla”
- Spanish: “murallas de Teodosio”
- Swedish: “Konstantinopels murar”
- Turkish: “İstanbul Surları”
- Turkish: “Konstantinopolis Surları”
- Turkish: “Theodosius Surları”
- Ukrainian: “Стіни Константинополя”
- Urdu: “قسطنطنیہ کی دیواریں”
- Vietnamese: “Các tường thành Constantinople”
- Western Panjabi: “قسطنطنیہ دیاں دیواراں”
- Wu Chinese: “君士坦丁堡城墙”
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