Constantinople - Golden Gate, Yedikule
The Golden Gate, Yedikule - set in the seven towers, partly Byzantine structure and part Turkish a walled enclosure. Not used as a castle but two of the towers served as prisons (sometimes for foreign envoys!) and treasure stores. Sultan Osman I was strangled here after being deposed in 1622, aged 17 by the notorious Janisaries
Picture No
10270936
Media ID
46558267
Size
2918px x 4677px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910
