Belisarius Kulesi

Year 2015, Issue: 24, 79 - 94, 31.12.2015

Selçuk Mülayim

Abstract

Keywords

Konstantinopolis, kule, burç, deniz tahkimatı

Belisarius Tower

Abstract

The Belisarius Tower in the city of Constantinopolis, which is described

with contradictory statements by contemporary architectural historians,

cannot be localized or identifi ed. More precisely, this tower is assumed to

be a bastion attached to the Marmara sea fortifi cations.

This paper, which is based on a wider research on the engravings and

maps, intends to show that this tower wasn’t a bastion attached to the

Marmara sea fortifi cations, but an independent tower rising out of the sea.

Keywords

Constantinopolis, tower, bastion, sea fortification