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Istanbul: the column of Constantine and the street Yeniçeriler Caddesi. Engraving attributed to D. Pronti after W. Reveley. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The print shows the column of Constantine together with immediately neighbouring buildings and shops, as well as a lively view of the street of Cemberlitas, which was a centre of city life in the 1780s. The Column of Constantine (Turkish: Çemberlitaş Sütunu) is a monumental column constructed on the orders of the Emperor Constantine in 330 AD. It commemorates the declaration that Byzantium (renamed by Constantine as Nova Roma) was the new capital city of the Roman Empire. The shops were destroyed by fire in 1779, therefore the drawing must have been made before that date. The mosque of Beyazit is seen beyond the column
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