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Our Lady of Blachernae, an icon of the Theotokos from the church of the Blachernae. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox,

Blachernae (Greek: Βλαχερναί) was a suburb in the northwestern section of Constantinople. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS It was the site of a spring and a number of churches were built there, notably by Pulcheria in the 5th century and by Justinian I in the 6th century. A spring is a point where Groundwater flows out of the ground and is thus where the Aquifer surface meets the ground surface Aelia Pulcheria ( January 19, 399 &ndash 453 was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia. The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus ( Greek: Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ιουστινιανός; known in English as Justinian I or The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. These were originally outside the city walls, until 627 when the walls were expanded to include this section of the city. The Walls of Constantinople are a series of stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its Events By Place Byzantine Empire December 12 — Battle of Nineveh: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians ending The area was expanded to include an imperial palace in the 11th century by Alexius I, but the walls were still relatively weak, reinforced only by the ramparts of the palace. The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, also known as the Palace of Constantine Porphyrogenitus ( Tekfur Sarayı) which means "Palace of the Emperor" After Alexius, the Palace of Blachernae became the main residence of the emperors from 1081 AD to 1453 AD, though the old Great Palace was still used for major imperial ceremonies. The Palace of Blachernae (Βλαχερναί was an imperial Byzantine residence in the suburb of Blachernae, located in the northwestern section of Constantinople This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians The Byzantine Great Palace of Constantinople, (Μέγα Παλάτιον Turkish: Büyük Saray also known as the Sacred Palace ( Latin

Its weakness was first exposed in the Fourth Crusade, when the invaders penetrated Blachernae. The Fourth Crusade (1202&ndash1204 was originally designed to conquer Muslim Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Blachernae was also the site of the Blachernitissa, a church in honour of the Theotokos (Mother of God), which became the second-most important church in Constantinople after Hagia Sophia, if only because the emperors' residence was nearby. Blachernitissa (Βλαχερνίτισσα also called Theotokos of Blachernae (Θεοτόκος των Βλαχερνών Θεοτόκος η Βλαχερνίτισσα Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Αγία Σοφία " Holy Wisdom " Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal Basilica, later In 1347, John VI Cantacuzenus was crowned there, instead of in Hagia Sophia. John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene ( Greek: Ιωάννης ΣΤ΄ Καντακουζηνός Iōannēs VI Kantakouzēnos) (c A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a Monarch with regal power specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head and the In 1453 during the final siege of Constantinople, the Ottomans attacked Blachernae with their large cannon, almost completely destroying the walls there; the Byzantine defenders failed to block the Kerkoporta gate, enabling the Turks to enter the city. The Fall of Constantinople refers to the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire on Tuesday May 29, 1453 (Julian Calendar The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Walls of Constantinople are a series of stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its

After the Ottoman conquest, the sultan's residence was moved to Topkapı Palace on the site of the ancient acropolis of Byzantium, opposite to the original site of the Great Palace, which had by this time fallen into complete ruin, and the Blachernae area (with the exception of the Palace of Porphyrogenitus) fell into disuse. The Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı or in Ottoman: طوبكابي بالاذيis a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and Acropolis (Gr akros akron edge extremity + polis city pl acropoleis The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, also known as the Palace of Constantine Porphyrogenitus ( Tekfur Sarayı) which means "Palace of the Emperor"

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