Byzantium

Istanbul

Constantinople

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What does Constantinople mean?

In a few places the old Sea walls that once guarded the city's coastline can still be seen.  This section in on Istanbul's Marmara coastline.

This is Tekfur Saray, in the Fener district in the old City. This is what remains of the old Byzantine palace complex at Blachernae.

The massive 5th century walls of Theodosius II, that guarded the city for centuries still guard the old city.

The base to the Egyptian obelisk in the Hippodrome shows a scene of a 4th c. Emperor sitting in the stands.

Here is some of the remaining peices of the great Imperial Palace of Byzantium.  A floor mosiac, probably from a covered walkway in the palace, now found in the mosaic museum, near Haghia Sophia.

A historical map showing the main features of Byzantine Constantinople.