Sarayburnu

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Sarayburnu

Sarayburnu (meaning Palace Point; known in English as the Seraglio Point) is a promontory

Promontory

Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...
separating the Golden Horn

Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
and the Sea of Marmara

Sea of Marmara

The Sea of Marmara , also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, and in the context of classical antiquity as Propontis , is the inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating Turkey's Asian and European parts....
in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. The area is where the renowned Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

The Topkapi Palace or in Ottoman Turkish language: ?????? ?????, usually spelled "Topkapi" in English)is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans, from 1465 to 1853....
and Gülhane Park

Gülhane Park

G?lhane Park is a historical urban park in the Emin?n? district of Istanbul, Turkey, located adjacent to and on the grounds of the Topkapi Palace; the south entrance of the park sports one of the larger gates of the palace....
stand. Sarayburnu is included in the historic areas of Istanbul, added to the UNESCO

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
World Heritage List in 1985.
History
The first settlement on the Sarayburnu, named Lygos (Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ??????), was founded by Thracian

Thracians

The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European peoples who spoke the Thracian language - a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family....
tribes between the 13th and 11th centuries BC, along with the neighbouring Semistra, of which Plinius

Pliny the Elder

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Sarayburnu (meaning Palace Point; known in English as the Seraglio Point) is a promontory

Promontory

Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
and the Sea of Marmara

Sea of Marmara

Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey

Turkey

Topkapi Palace

Gülhane Park

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
World Heritage List in 1985.

History

The first settlement on the Sarayburnu, named Lygos (Greek

Greek language

Thracians

Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Natural History ....
had mentioned in his historical accounts. Only a few walls and substructures belonging to Lygos have survived to date, near the location where the famous Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Acropolis

Acropolis literally means city on the edge . For purposes of defense, early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides....
used to stand where the Topkapi Palace stands today.

In 667 BC ancient Greek

Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
settlers from Megara

Megara

Megara is an ancient city in Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis Island, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens....
(near Athens) under the command of King Byzas

Byzas

In Ancient Greece legend, Byzas was the eponymous founder of Byzantium , the city later known as Constantinople and Istanbul....
established Byzantion at the Sarayburnu. Earlier, in 685 BC, the Megarans had established Chalcedon

Chalcedon

Kadiköy

Kadik?y is a large and populous cosmopolitan district on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus....
) on the Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
n shore, across the Bosporus

Bosporus

The Bosporus or Bosphorus , also known as the Istanbul Strait , is a strait that forms the boundary between the European part of Turkey and its Asian part ....
. Actually the oldest settlements in present-day Istanbul are found on the Anatolian side; such as the Fikirtepe mound which dates from the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age), with artifacts dating from 5500-3500 BC. In nearby Kadiköy

Kadiköy

Chalcedon

Chalcedon was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Anatolia, almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of ?sk?dar . Today, in modern Turkish language, Chalcedon is called Kadik?y, and is a district of Istanbul, Turkey....
), a large port settlement dating from the Phoenicians (which predates the Megaran settlement) has been discovered.

In antiquity there were two natural harbours in the area close to Sarayburnu where the present-day Sirkeci

Sirkeci

Sirkeci is an area in the Emin?n? district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It has evolved as the place name of the area in Emin?n? surrounding Sirkeci Station, the Southeastern long distance passenger train terminus in Europe for the Orient Express....
and Eminönü

Eminönü

Emin?n? was a district of Istanbul in Turkey. This is the heart of the Walls of Constantinople, the focus of a history of incredible richness....
quarters stand (the harbours of Prosphorion and Neorion, which scooped into the coastline of the Golden Horn

Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
.) Because of this formation, the point of Sarayburnu was more conspicuous than it is today. In later periods the area was the convergence point for the Sea Walls

Walls of Constantinople

The Walls of Constantinople are a series of stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great....
of the Golden Horn

Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
and the Sea of Marmara

Sea of Marmara

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
period, the area was known in Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
as Hagios Demetrios.

During the railway construction of the late Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
period, in 1871, the city walls of the Sarayburnu area were partially demolished, but they are still intact in some areas - especially close to the Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Ottoman Dynasty

File:Barber cape.jpgThe Ottoman Dynasty ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922, beginning with Osman I , though the dynasty was not proclaimed until Orhan Bey declared himself sultan....
. The notable Gülhane Park

Gülhane Park

Sea also

Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace

The Topkapi Palace or in Ottoman Turkish language: ?????? ?????, usually spelled "Topkapi" in English)is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans, from 1465 to 1853....
Gülhane Park
Gülhane Park

G?lhane Park is a historical urban park in the Emin?n? district of Istanbul, Turkey, located adjacent to and on the grounds of the Topkapi Palace; the south entrance of the park sports one of the larger gates of the palace....

External links

Turizm.net -
Köroglu, Gülgün. Istanbul'daki Bizans Imparatorluk Saraylari. OB Archive & Research Center, 2006.