The Triple Wall of Constantinople on the land side, near Top Kapousi
Εναλλακτικός Τίτλος:
Άποψη των τειχών της Κωνσταντιπόλεως
Περιγραφή:
black & white slide, Steel engraving ,
Τύπος :
image
Αναφέρεται Από:
Constantinople and the Scenery at the Seven Churches of Asia Minor,illustrated in a series of Drawings from Nature by T.Allom with an historical account of Constantinople and description of the plates by the Rev. R.Walsh. 1838 , London/Paris
Excerpt from original source: The wall (of Constantinople) is entered by seven gates, calles by the names of the towns to which they lead, or some circumstance connected with them. Of the latter, is the gate of Top Kapousi. This gate, called also Porta Sancti Romani, as leading to the Greek church of St. Romanus, was that rendered memorable by the final attack of the Turks. Before it stands the Mal Tepe, one of those artificial mounds, supposed to be sepulchral tumuli, which are spread for many hundred miles over these regions, both in Europe and in Asia...(Here) Constantine (Palaeologus) proceeded to make his last effort in the breach. He was killed in the attack, and the Turks poured into the devoted city over his body. There is no tomb, or coin, or other official memorial, to preserve the name of this good and gallant man; but nature has herself supplied the neglect. There grows out of the breach some picturesque and venerable trees, on the spot where tradition says he fell; and travellers gather the red berries in ther season, to sow and propagate at home these testimonials of the last and best of the Palaeologi.
Σημειώσεις:
Imprint: T. Allom. J. C. Bentley. Fisher Son & Co London & Quai de l' Ecole Paris
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Views
Ερευνητικό Κέντρο:
Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/ ΕΙΕ
Επιστημονικός υπεύθυνος:
Ιόλη Βιγγοπούλου
The Triple Wall of Constantinople on the land side, near Top Kapousi
The Triple Wall of Constantinople on the land side, near Top Kapousi
Other Titles:
Άποψη των τειχών της Κωνσταντιπόλεως
Description:
black & white slide, Steel engraving ,
Type:
image
Is Referenced By:
Constantinople and the Scenery at the Seven Churches of Asia Minor,illustrated in a series of Drawings from Nature by T.Allom with an historical account of Constantinople and description of the plates by the Rev. R.Walsh. 1838 , London/Paris
Excerpt from original source: The wall (of Constantinople) is entered by seven gates, calles by the names of the towns to which they lead, or some circumstance connected with them. Of the latter, is the gate of Top Kapousi. This gate, called also Porta Sancti Romani, as leading to the Greek church of St. Romanus, was that rendered memorable by the final attack of the Turks. Before it stands the Mal Tepe, one of those artificial mounds, supposed to be sepulchral tumuli, which are spread for many hundred miles over these regions, both in Europe and in Asia...(Here) Constantine (Palaeologus) proceeded to make his last effort in the breach. He was killed in the attack, and the Turks poured into the devoted city over his body. There is no tomb, or coin, or other official memorial, to preserve the name of this good and gallant man; but nature has herself supplied the neglect. There grows out of the breach some picturesque and venerable trees, on the spot where tradition says he fell; and travellers gather the red berries in ther season, to sow and propagate at home these testimonials of the last and best of the Palaeologi.
Notes:
Imprint: T. Allom. J. C. Bentley. Fisher Son & Co London & Quai de l' Ecole Paris
Subjects:
Views
Research Center:
Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/ ΕΙΕ
Research Supervisor:
Ιόλη Βιγγοπούλου
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