Lentiana, a fortified site mentioned in Byzantine sources, is likely the castle ruins near Tophisar in Bursa Province (in historic Mysia/Hellespont)

Lake Basilica and its tombs at İznik/historic Nicaea In 2014, a Late Antique basilica church was discovered submerged underwater in İznik Lake. The church was located outside the walls of Nicaea, south of its lake harbor. Photos from yesterday’s visit (and image Google Maps)

"Vue de Sainte-Irène" Photo of Hagia Eirene from the roof of Hagia Sophia by Albert Gabriel (before 1934) From POP (la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine)/Ministère de la Culture France

The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Tekfur Sarayı) likely played an important role in the Civil War of 1341-1347 that began when John VI Kantakouzenos failed to secure the regency for John V after the death of his father Andronikos III in 1341.

Pendant of Empress Maria (c. 400) at the Louvre Maria was the wife of Emperor Honorius, daughter of the patrician Stilicho and of Serena, niece of Theodosius I, and sister of Eucherius and Thermantia Latin inscription: "Stelicho, Serena, Honori, Maria, vivatis in Deo [live in God]"

Castle at Şile (historic Chele) When Andronikos I Komnenos blinded the young Alexios, son of Manuel Komnenos, he banished him to the fortified Chele in 1183. According to historian Choniates, Andronikos had a tower specifically built here as a place of exile.

Figurative mosaics in Hagia Sophia continued to be visible following the Ottoman Conquest of 1453, as seen in numerous visitor accounts. Christ in the dome was certainly visible throughout the 16th century, though it is uncertain exactly when it was covered.

Porphyry Tetrarchs at Venice The statue group of the Tetrarchs was perhaps first set up in Nicomedia. It was then moved to the Philadelphion in Constantinople, where they were later interpreted as the sons of Constantine. The group came to Venice with other loot from the Fourth Crusade of 1204.

Horned tiger griffin eating a lizard at Great Palace Mosaic Museum

The Long Wall of Thrace (Anastasian Wall) youtu.be/BnRxZNN5eQA

Colossus of Constantine at the Capitoline Museums comes from the Basilica of Maxentius, which was finished by Constantine after he defeated Maxentius in 312.

Children thanking St. Demetrios, St. Demetrios with an angel, St. Demetrios with church patrons at the Church of St. Demetrios in Thessaloniki Today is the feast day of St. Demetrios

Transfiguration of Christ, Anastasis (Resurrection), and fragmentary Christ Pantokrator and the Prophets in the dome of the early 14th-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki

“The Mosque of St. Sophia” by Alexandre V. Pankoff (1924-1928) From past exhibition at Istanbul Research Institute

The 4th-century Column of Constantine is next to 17th-c. Köprülü Mehmet Pasha Mosque and the 16th-c. Çemberlitaş Hamam, all of which are located on the Mese/Divanyolu, the main street of Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Kostantiniyye Photo from Barın Han taken today

Tomb of Late Byzantine aristocrats from the parekklesion (funerary chapel) of Chora/Kariye Camii The woman with a crown is wearing a dress with monograms of the Palaiologos and Asen families.

Cistern of Aetius/Karagümrük Stadium This huge open-air water reservoir was built by Aetius, the urban prefect of Constantinople, around 420. It functioned as “sunken” garden when it was no longer used to store water. It became a football (soccer) field in the 20th century.

Rotunda of Thessaloniki Charles Texier (1864)

Diptych of Stilicho, Vandal general (magister militum) who was elected consul in 400 under Western Roman Emperor Honorius; Stilicho is depicted with his wife Serena and their son Eucherius. At Museo e tesoro del duomo di Monza (Cathedral of Monza)

Hagia Sophia, Hagia Eirene and the Marmara Sea Walls after sunset

"Vue de Pera, Galata et... Constantinople" Dessonville (1721) Bibliothèque nationale de France

Ivory relief of Ariadne with maenad, satyr and putti Byzantine (possibly Egypt), 6th century At Musée de Cluny

Hagia Sophia in Bizye (modern Vize/Kırklareli) in Eastern Thrace was probably the city’s cathedral. It seems to have been the burial site of St. Mary the Younger, whose life is described in her Vita (saintly biography).

12th-century Byzantine Cistern (İpek Bodrum, also known as Çin Ali Köşkü) located in the northwestern corner of Constantinople (Ottoman Kostantiniyye, modern İstanbul) Photos by Nicholas V. Artamonoff (1937)

Decorative mosaics from the dome of Hagia Sophia

Mosaic of a cross with a starry sky at the Archbishop’s Chapel (Museo Arcivescovile) in Ravenna

Fresco of a saint, probably St. Anthony in chapel of Kalenderhane Mosque, once dedicated to the Virgin Kyriotissa

Conquest Of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 Miniature from 15th-century manuscript « Croniques abregies commençans au temps de Herode Antipas...» at BnF

Gate of Vize (historic Bizye), an ancient city of Eastern Thrace (Kırklareli Province), possibly dates to the Roman era, with Byzantine repairs.

Photos of Palmyra, Syria by John Henry Haynes (1884) taken during the Wolfe Expedition From the J. R. Sitlington Sterrett Collection of Archaeological Photographs at Cornell University Library

Danielis, a wealthy Byzantine widow visiting Basil I From Madrid Skylitzes Danielis summoned him to her presence, where she showered [future emperor Basil] with gifts and considerable favors. All she sought in return was that he would bind himself to her son with the bond of spiritual brotherhood.

Mosaic of an archangel at Hagia Sophia From the depiction of the Prostrated Emperor over the door to the naos, which possibly depicts Leo VI (886-912)

The Horses of Saint Mark’s in Venice “The four gilded horses which can be seen above the starting gates [of the hippodrome] came from Chios under Theodosios the Younger.” From the Patria of Constantinople (translated by Albrecht Berger), a collection of legends about Byzantine Constantinople

The Ruins on Alay Köşkü Street feature three phases from Istanbul's Byzantine, Ottoman, and Early Republican eras. youtu.be/ibGCEUyheSs

Mosaic icons of Saints Peter and Paul are on each side of the door leading into the naos of the former monastery of Chora/Kariye Camii

Imperial mosaics from the galleries of Hagia Sophia Zoe and Constantine IX Monomachos with Christ Pantokrator (left) John II Komnenos and Eirene of Hungary with the Virgin and the Christ Child (right)

Porta Aurea/Χρυσεία Πύλη (“Golden Gate”) and Yedikule (“Seven Towers”) Fortress From Cornelius Gurlitt “Die Baukunst Konstantinopels” (1912)

Reconstruction of the Hippodrome of Thessaloniki From Galerius Palace/Thessaloniki Ephorate of Antiquities website (see link below)

Capital with bust of the Archangel Michael Constantinople, second half of the 13th century At the MET

Hellenistic/Galatian hilltop fortification of Güzelcekale (Ankara/historic Galatia) ... Photos taken today

Marble icon with the Orant Virgin 11th century, Mangana (Constantinople) At the Istanbul Archaeological Museums

Hagia Sophia by Gaspare Fossati (1852) From "Aya Sofia, Constantinople, As Recently Restored by Order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, from the original drawings by Chevalier Gaspard Fossati, lithographed by Louis Haghe, esq"

Militant Christ from the Archbishop’s Chapel (Museo Arcivescovile) in Ravenna 6th-century mosaic with Christ dressed a military general, holding a cross, with a lion and snake under his feet. The Latin inscription from John 14:6 reads: I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

Frescoes and ruins of the Church of St. Euphemia - formerly Late Antique Palace of Antiochus by the Hippodrome of Constantinople Photos by Nicholas V. Artamonoff (1940s) Today is the feast day of St. Euphemia

Byzantine castle and Early Ottoman mosque at Tophisar/Bursa, probably Lentiana in historic Hellespont Photos from recent excursion to Bithynia and the Hellespont (modern Bursa, Yalova, Bilecik, and Balıkesir)

Sheep dog and sheep by the "Bridge of Constantine" at Uluabat/historic Lopadion in Mysia/Hellespont (modern Bursa Province) Photo taken today

Dog footprints in Byzantine brick from the walls of Nicaea/modern İznik Photo from yesterday's visit

Gül Mosque (traditionally identified as “St. Theodosia”), Galata Tower and the Golden Horn from the terrace of the 16th-century Sultan Selim Mosque on the Fifth Hill of the City

Gül Camii (“Rose Mosque”), traditionally identified as the Byzantine Church of St. Theodosia