Remnants of Roman Empire

[Atraphoenix]

I have taken many pictures during my University days, these are the only remaining pictures that I could find.
I hope you like them. Morever, if you have any Roman heritage resource mostly pictures, methinks will be a good idea, please add to enrich this thread.

The Valens Aqueduct (Turkish: Bozdoğan Kemeri, meaning "Aqueduct of the grey falcon"; Greek: Άγωγός του ὔδατος, Agōgós tou hýdatos, meaning simply "aqueduct") was the major water-providing system of medieval Constantinople (modern Istanbul, in Turkey). Restored by several Ottoman Sultans, it is one of the most important landmarks of the city. (Resource Wikipedia)
As you see its walls started to blacken because it is in the middle of main road (emitted gasses of car fuels ), and locals are very sensitive to historical inheritance.

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Valens Aqueduct

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Theodosian Walls

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Theodosian Walls

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Modern area of Imperial Palace (seaside section):

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The tragic reality of Imperial Palace :
One the hotels(I cannot give the name, with known reasons) tried to expand its capacity, later one of the supreme court stopped the construction, but this was 2 years before, I have gone there for 2 years so no idea on current situation.

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Milliyet 27.12.2007

Hippodrome Of Constantinopolis

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Hippodrome Of Constantinopolis

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Hippodrome Of Constantinopolis

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Hippodrome Of Constantinopolis

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3rd Hagia Sophia, AFAIK 1st Hagia Sophia was destroyed by earthquake; 2nd Hagia Sophia was burned down during Nika Riots.

P.S. I am not sure wether I have taken this picture or not so I can omit this if it causes problem. The others are mine not bad for an amateur :-)

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Finally found it : Hagia Sophia from Hippodrome

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Obelisk ( was looted by Latins, It had bronze covering before) :

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Not a good one (Unfortunately the bosphorus was a bit foggy that day and the ferry was shaking a bit as you can estimate)

The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. :

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P.S. I just want to add a thread on Roman heritage, though I have no idea to add this thread. So I request moderators to move this thread if it is not in a suitable place.

Atra