Column of the GotH.S.
Department | Archive |
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Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
Reference No. | BRF/02/02/01/028 |
Level | Item |
Place |
Istanbul |
Dates | 1870-1880 |
Donor/Creator |
Berggren, Mr Guillaume |
Scope and Content | Distant view. This is a commercial photo. The photograph was found along with 7 more by the same creator/artist inside a copy of 'A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Aldenham upon the subject of a Byzantine Evangelion' by Edwin Freshfield. |
Further information | The column lies at the entrance of the Topkapi palace gardens and has remained unchanged since the Roman period. It consists of a 15m marble monolith on a high platform and owes its name to an inscription referring to the victory against the Goths. It is the oldest monument in the city. |