The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı, is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople. An annex of the greater p
The northern facade of the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus after the modern renovation
Remains of the chapel (after the restoration)
Walls seen from the inner courtyard
Remains of the chapel (southern wall, before the restoration)
The Great Palace of Constantinople, also known as the Sacred Palace, was the large imperial Byzantine palace complex located in the south-eastern end of the peninsula today making up the Fatih distric
Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
…it is the best preserved of the three Byzantine palaces to survive in the city (together with the ruins of the Boukoleon Palace; and the ruins of the Great Palace of Constantinople with its surviving substructures, retrieved mosaics and standing Magnaura section), and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine…
A virtual image of Constantinople in the Byzantine era, looking from south to north. The Boukoleon Palace is in the foreground. Behind it, the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, the Great Palace, the Magnaura (Senate) and (further behind) the Hagia Sophia are visible. The Hippodrome is prominently visible at left.
A scene from the scroll border of the Great Palace Mosaic, a mosaic floor of scenes from daily life and mythology in a hall of yet unidentified uses and controversial date.
One of the piers from the Great Palace, now in the courtyard of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Remains of the Great Palace of Constantinople