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May 24, 2020 · Chanced upon this statue as my twin brother Stephen and I were heading to The James Joyce Irish Pub and what a great find. A wonderful looking statue ,it shows Constantine XI Palaiologos who was the last Byzantine emperor reigning from 1449 until his death in 1453 at the Fall Of Constantinople, this marked the end of the Byzantine Empire .
- Pandrossou 1, Athens 105 56,, Greece
It stands opposite the Metropolitan Cathedral, the beautiful 12th century church of St Eleftherios and the Statue of Archbishop Damaskinos. What you see here is a 2.5m high, copper statue of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI. He ruled from 1449 until he died in battle, defending Constantinople against the Ottoman Empire.
Completed c. 328 AD, it is the oldest Constantinian monument to survive in Istanbul. The column stood in the centre of the Forum of Constantine, on the second-highest of the seven hills of Nova Roma, and was midway along the Mese odos, the ancient city's main thoroughfare. Ottoman repairs in c. 1515 added iron reinforcing hoops to the shaft.
Aug 25, 2023 · Chanced upon this statue as my twin brother Stephen and I were heading to The James Joyce Irish Pub and what a great find. A wonderful looking statue ,it shows Constantine XI Palaiologos who was the last Byzantine emperor reigning from 1449 until his death in 1453 at the Fall Of Constantinople, this marked the end of the Byzantine Empire .
Aug 25, 2023 · Chanced upon this statue as my twin brother Stephen and I were heading to The James Joyce Irish Pub and what a great find. A wonderful looking statue ,it shows Constantine XI Palaiologos who was the last Byzantine emperor reigning from 1449 until his death in 1453 at the Fall Of Constantinople, this marked the end of the Byzantine Empire .
Description. The bronze statue was probably made before the year 326. When complete, it may have reached 10 to 12 m (33 to 39 ft) in height. Three large fragments of the statue survive, some with traces of gilding: a large head, 177 cm (70 in) high, or 125 cm (49 in) without the neck (recorded in the museum's inventory as MC1072); a left hand ...
Nov 5, 2023 · The statue of the last Roman Emperor Constantine XI. Constantinople was no stranger to war or siege. The city had been attacked countless times both by its Muslim neighbors to the east and by its Christian neighbors to the west. Despite being assaulted at least 36 times in its history, it was able to push back enemy armies time and time again.
