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Location:

  • Türkiye, Istanbul
  • geo:41.00803,28.977999
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Class:

  • Milestone
  • visible

Annotations

The Milion was a monument erected in the fourth century AD in Constantinople as a zero-mile marker - the starting point for the measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire per analogiam to Umbilicus urbis Romae.

See:

  1. Gilbert J. Gorski; James E. Packer  The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide. Cambridge University Press, 2015,  p. 155.

Central milestone in the Byzantine road network


Nearby

Constantinople, Basilica Cistern

Water reservoir. The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica Βασιλική Κινστέρνα, Yerebatan Sarnıcı or Yerebatan Saray, "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"

Constantinopolis - Istanbul

Remains of aqueduct

Constantinople, Augusteôn Square

Central square in Constantinople


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