Walled Obelisk - Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey

The Walled Obelisk (Constantine Obelisk) close to the Serpentine Column at the southern side of the Hippodrome of Constantinople (now Sultanahmet Square), Istanbul, Turkey. Named after Constantine VII (who repaired it in the tenth century). Originally covered with gilded bronze plaques, but they were sacked by invading troops during the Fourth Crusade. Only the stone core of this monument survives

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