Constantinople - The Burnt Column

The Column of Constantine (or Burnt Column') is a monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD. It commemorates the declaration of Byzantium (renamed by Constantine as Nova Roma) as the new capital city of the Roman Empire. The column is located on Yeniceriler Caddesi in central Istanbul, along the old Divan Yolu (the Road to the Imperial Council') between Sultanahmet and Beyazit Square (known as Forum Tauri in the Roman period.). Earthquakes and a fire in 1779 destroyed the neighborhood surrounding the column, leaving it with black scorch marks and earning it the name Burnt Column'. The column was restored by Abdulhamid I, who had the present masonry base added. The base was strengthened in 1779. The original platform of the column is 2.5 meters below ground

Burnt Byzantium Caddesi Commemorates Constantine Declaration Divan Monumental Nova Roma

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