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Constantinople, Bucoleon Palace

data access 20282

Bucoleon Palace. An earlier name of the place was Hormisdas. The name Bucoleon was probably attributed in the 6th century when during the reign of Constantine the Great the small harbour in front of the palace was constructed, At the entry to the port stood figures of the lion and bull.

See:

  1. Cyril Mango. The Palace of the Boukoleon. In: Cahiers Archéologiques 45, 1997.
  2. "Boukoleon Palace." Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, . 3 Dec 2015, 10:50 UTC. 17 Feb 2021, 13:09 .
  3. https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/boukoleon

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Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2015-04-19) , last updated by Elżbieta (2021-02-17), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/20282
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Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and Elżbieta, Constantinople, Bucoleon Palace. https://vici.org/vici/20282, accessed 2026-10-30.