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The Vlachernai Palace was built around 500, south of the Vlachernai church complex in the north-west corner of Constantinople. It was lavishly decorated and included many halls, one of which, the Danoubios Hall, communicated directly with the church complex. Both the Komnenoi and the Palaiologoi used the palace as the customary imperial residence. The Komnenoi fortified it with walls of great splendour. The church complex of the Vlachernai consists of an early Christian basilica built in 450 by Empress Pulcheria. Leo I and Herakleios extended the building by adding a circular reliquary chapel and new walls to enclose it. The complex was completely burned down in 1434. |
