(^) Bandury, No. 4. Apich. Companionship. p. 668. Zhnliy, Ki. P. Chapter 45. Granite obeliek, according to some writers, was transported from Rome; They allege that he was taken from Egypt and placed here in your kingdom @eodosevo. The hieroglyphs covering its four faces are of a very regular design; but ‘the monument itself is not proportional; the pedestal corresponds neither to its antiquity nor to its taste. On it, four bas-reliefs relate to Feodoschev's history: in one, this Sovereign is visible, holding the throne and surrounded by musicians and dancers, as if he was resting, among the fun, from the labors of his reign. In the other two he is represented as accepting gifts and favors from the nations; in the fourth, finally, he gives instructions to his sons, Arkady and Gonorsho. The stoli of Porphyrogenitus has the shape of a heavy obelisk: it is composed of granite slabs, interlocked with pyrons; it was covered with gilded copper, but after the Turks took the city, they tore off the copper and left it naked in the middle of Atmeydan, like a colossal skeleton (). Now he threatens his- (°) Its height is 94 feet, we will give it to those passing by. On the marble sword the inscription compares him with the Colossus of Rhodes, although there was not the slightest resemblance between them. RazvB are not the same metal ()?
The magnificent Akhmet Mosque was built along the entire length of the Inpodrome. It is crazy to admit that the Turks never built anything superior to this building. It alone, with its beauty, could console the destruction of those elegant buildings of antiquity that were destroyed by the conquerors, if anything can console in this. For the current Hippodrome, there are only 250 steps left in length and 150 in width. Even now there are military parades and reviews on it, during court remonstrations, or on the solemn occasions of the Sultan; There is a procession through him, just as it happened under the Roman Emperors. Such is the present grandeur of the Hippodrome!
It remains for me to mention a few more antiquities that survived the final extermination - (°) From the volume of padonen it is clear that Kokegantin Bagh is not related to its reality; s only obnozal | flax. A porphyry column, transferred from Rome, was placed on the third hill, where there was formerly the Forum, and now Tauk Bazaar. It was erected in honor of Constantine the Great. The height was 90 feet. On it stood Fidlev Apollo, surrounded by rays, with the caption: To Constantine, growing) like the sun! The column still stands, not yet charred, surrounded by yellow hoops in order to keep it from being completely destroyed. It can be seen that she was of the Doric Order. Quadrangular pedestal 48 ft. to the heights. Some travelers unfairly said that there is emptiness in the inside of this column. She is 38 = ut. in a circle, and the whole thing was made up of several pieces of porphyry, the seams of which were hidden by a garland entwining it: that is why they believed that it was a monolith. Each stone has 40 feet. highest, and before there were eight of them; But during the reign of Alexei Komnenos, a statue and three stones were knocked down by thunder. This Sovereign wanted to fix what had been destroyed, with an overlay of simple slabs; then he made an inscription in large words, and conveyed in it to posterity the name of the renewer, and in bad taste, both his own and the century in which he lived.
From the Arcadian column only its pedestal remained; it is near Mvret-Bazira (Ken market). At the corners there are also four eagles, a chariot drawn by four horses (iag15e), and several more igurs (). The first row of stones of the column itself is still intact; from it you can see that she was 42 feet in diameter.
There is also a granite column near the Ibrahim Pasha Mosque. She's 15 FEET tall. The Turks were swollen, it was made of white marble, 140 feet. in the carving, and lined with spiral bas-relief, GdB Arkada depicted the battle of his father Theodos over Skiezmi. A statue of this Emperor was placed on it, cast in silver, 7 thousand huntogs in full force. The ruined Finances at Ostivan forced the statue to be melted; Emperor Anastas!th, on mbsto her, put his. From the heights of her Tteroy de "Climb, Olin of the Cross Knights, threw down Alekeb Marzuph, the assassin of Alexius Komnenos and the thief of his throne. This Volonna, already damaged by fires and earthquakes, stood until the end of the 48th century, but threatened every hour with its fall, and was completely destroyed by order of the government.
13 is called es Kiz-Tash (Dfva Stone) (). But this is really Maryuan's Column, as can be seen from the inscription, from which a few letters still remain. Weller saw it completely intact, and copied the inscription, which he gives us as follows:
Rinpsröb rape zviiat Maga Segpe Fogitdie Teg eiz zogyo dio4 Taiapiu oriz.