Turkey/Istanbul (Hippodrome/Sultanahmet Square) Part 61
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Sultanahmet (Meydanı) SQUARE
The imperial palace, known as the Great Palace, used to spread over an area extending from the Hippodrome down to the seashore. Only the mosaic floor panel of a large hall remains from this palace today. The Augusteion, the most important square of the city, used to be here, and between the square and the main avenue there was the Millairium victory arch. The road used to extend as far as Rome and the stone marking the first kilometer was located here. The baths, temples, religious, cultural, administrative and social centers were all in this district. The area maintained its importance in the Byzantine and Turkish eras. Therefore some of the most important monuments of Istanbul such as the Hagia Sophia, Sultan Ahmet Mosque, the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art and the Basilica Cistern are all located around the Hippodrome.
Mısır Obelisk The main streets in the city (those leading down to the harbor and those extending toward the city walls in the west) started at the Hippodrome and followed the slopes of the hills. The streets were lined with business establishments and mansions. The side streets were narrow and some were stepped. Some of the main streets had two-galleried sidewalks. There were spacious squares along the route and the side roads forking from these squares led to the city gates. The main avenue was called the Mese, and Via Egnetia, the road to Rome, started at the Golden Gate (Altmkapi).
Hippodrome means square for horses. The Hippodrome was built by the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus towards the end of the 2nc* century and it was extended to an immense size by Constantine the Great. Some historians claim that it could seat thirty thousand spectators, while others put the figure at sixty thousand. The main attraction was the two or four-horse chariot races. In Roman and Byzantine times, the Hippodrome served as the city's main meeting, entertainment and sports center until the 10tn century. Like many of the other monuments in the city, it lost its importance with the Latin invasion in 1204. Besides the chariot races and gladiator fights with wild animals, there were performances by musicians, dancers and acrobats. There were many public holidays during Roman times to allow opportunities for all these activities.
The Hippodrome was shaped like a gigantic U and the imperial box, built like a balcony with four bronze horses on its roof, was situated on the eastern side. The sand-covered surface of the Hippodrome was divided into two by a low wall around which the chariots raced. On this wall stood monuments brought here from different corners of the empire and the statues of famous riders and their horses. Successful chariot drivers were very wealthy and could have anything they wanted. Originally there were 4 teams of drivers whose supporters' clubs formed large quarrelling factions and competed for position and prestige in the city. From time to time politics intermingled with the races, and the clashes between competing forces turned into bloody massacres.
The original ground level of the Hippodrome was 4 or 5 meters lower than the present surface. Three monuments have remained to our day: the Egyptian Obelisk, the Serpent Column and the Walled Obelisk. In the Turkish era, too, festivals, ^ceremonies and performances used to be organized here. The Palace of Ibrahim Pasa opposite Sultan Ahmet Mosque is the sole example of the imposing private residences of the 16th century. This elegant building now houses the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art.
Only the round southern end of the vast Hippodrome has survived. This is a brick structure decorated with tall vaults. In later ages, all of the stone blocks and columns of the Hippodrome were used for building material. The ruins in the park to the right of the entrance to the Hippodrome belong to 4th and 5th century private palaces, and a little further along there are the remains of the Byzantine Hagia Euphemia church.
ISTANBUL Hippodrome of Constantinople
The Hippodrome of Constantinople
The greatest sports complex in the city of Constantinople was the Hippodrome where chariots would race around and around. Mostly buried today, parts of the immense centerpiece remain visible today.
Istanbul Hippodrome of Constantinople
The Hippodrome of Constantinople (Turkish: Sultanahmet Meydanı, At Meydanı) was a horse-racing track that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called Atmeydanı (Horse Square) in Turkish.
The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos ('ιππος), horse, and dromos (δρομος), path or way. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras.
Hipódromo Romano Estambul-Roman hippodrome Istanbul. Turkey, Turquia 2014
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El Hipódromo Romano de Estambul se encuentra situado en Sultanahmet, muy cerca de las principales atracciones turísticas de la ciudad, por lo que se puede visitar muy fácilmente, el mismo día que la Mezquita Azul y Santa Sofía. La Cisterna Basílica también se encuentra muy cerca.
Fué de centro de diversión para los pobladores de Constantinopla durante más de mil años, ya que en él se realizaban las carreras de cuádrigas y los circos.
Dentro del Hipódromo podrás ver el Obelisco Egipcio, la Columna Serpentina, la Columna de Constantino y la Fuente Alemana.
The Roman Hippodrome Istanbul is located in Sultanahmet, close to the main tourist attractions of the city, so you can visit easily, the same day as the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. The Basilica Cistern is also very close.
It was fun center for the people of Constantinople for over a thousand years, since it chariot races and circuses was performed.
Racetrack Inside you will see the Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column, the Column of Constantine and the German Fountain.
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Hippodrome Istanbul by Guide Emine Filiz
Hippodrome by Emine Filiz
Hippodrome in istanbul
at night
Chariot Race at the Hippodrome
This is part of a sequence being prepared for the exhibition in Schallaburg, Austria which will begin on the 31st of March 2012. The original is in Full HD.
HIPPODROME - SULTANAHMET SQUARE
MY FIRST DEMO ON ISTANBUL'S HISTORY
Hippodrome
I was walking in the Hippodrome Square in Istanbul the other night and took out my phone to make a little film. This is one of my favorite works of art in Istanbul as it tells so much about life in ancient Constantinople.
İstanbul neden hala çok değerli! Romdan günümüze İstanbul (Circus Maximus Hippodrome)
Byzantine Empire Hippodrome of Constantinople - Sultanahmet
The Great Hippodrome of the Byzantine Empire.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a horse-racing track that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydani in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving.
The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos ('ιππος), horse, and dromos (δρομος), path or way. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras.
History and use
Although the Hippodrome is usually associated with Constantinople's days of glory as an imperial capital, it actually predates that era. The first Hippdrome was built when the city was called Byzantium (Byzantion in Greek), and was a provincial town of moderate importance. In 203 the Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilt the city and expanded its walls, endowing it with a hippodrome, an arena for chariot races and other entertainments.
In 324, the Emperor Constantine the Great decided to move the seat of the government from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Nova Roma (New Rome). This name failed to impress and the city soon became known as Constantinople, the City of Constantine. Constantine greatly enlarged the city, and one of his major undertakings was the renovation of the Hippodrome. It is estimated that the Hippodrome of Constantine was about 150 metres long and 130 metres wide. Its stands were capable of holding 100,000 spectators.
The race-track at the Hippodrome was U-shaped, and the Emperor's box, with four bronze statues of horses on its roof, was located at the eastern end of the track. These horses, which were cast in the 5th century BC and brought from Greece, were looted during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and installed on the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. The track was lined with other bronze statues of famous horses and chariot drivers, none of which survive.
Throughout the Byzantine period, the Hippodrome was the centre of the city's social life. Huge amounts were bet on chariot races, and the whole city was divided between fans of the Blue (Venetii) and Green (Prasinoi) chariot racing teams. The two other racing teams, the Reds (Rousioi) and the Whites (Leukoi), gradually weakened and were absorbed by the two major factions. Frequently rivalry between Blues and Greens became mingled with political or religious factions, and riots which sometimes amounted to civil wars broke out in the city between them. The most severe of these was the Nika riots of 532, in which 30 000 people were said to have been killed.
Constantinople never really recovered from its sack during the Fourth Crusade and even though the Byzantine Empire survived until 1453, the Hippodrome was not rebuilt and did not regain its former glory. The Ottoman Turks, who captured the city in 1453 and made it the capital of the Ottoman Empire, were not interested in racing and the Hippodrome was gradually forgotten, although the site was never actually built over.
Ипподром в Стамбуле (Hippodrome in Istanbul)
Стамбульский ипподром, Hippodrome in Istanbul, Ипподром в Стамбуле
Sultanahmet Hipodrum - Hippodrome 360 Video Guide
Sultanahmet Hipodrum - Hippodrome 360 Video Guide
BİRGÜN - SULTANAHMET
Sultan Ahmet meydanının yanında Yerebatan Sarnıcı ve Binbirdirek Sarnıcı bulunmaktadır. Binbirdirek Sarnıcında 224 sütun direk bulunur ve 4. yüzyılda yapıldığı tahmin edilmektedir. Yerebatan Sarnıcı ise 336 sütundan oluşur ve MS (527-565) de yapılmıştır. Osmanlı döneminde ikişer kez restore edilen bu sarnıçlar, şu an kültürel faaliyetler için halkın kullanımına açılmıştır.
Meydanın orta yerinde Kayzer Wilhelm'in ziyaret hatırası olarak yapılmış olan Alman Çeşmesi bulunmaktadır. Meydanın batısında ise İstanbul Adliyesi yer almaktadır. Meydan günümüzde İstanbul'un en önemli turistik merkezidir.
GRAND BAZAR | HIPPODROME OF CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL)|RM TRAVELER DEL MONDO
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
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Ancient Hippodrome in Constantinople
Obelisk of Theodosius (Sultanahmet / Istanbul)
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Obelisk of Theodosius (Sultanahmet / Istanbul)
The Obelisk of Theodosius (Turkish: Dikilitaş) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD
The obelisk was first set up by Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC) to the south of the seventh pylon of the great temple of Karnak. The Roman emperor Constantius II (337-361 AD) had it and another obelisk transported along the river Nile to Alexandria to commemorate his ventennalia or 20 years on the throne in 357. The other obelisk was erected on the spina of the Circus Maximus in Rome in the autumn of that year, and is today known as the Lateran obelisk, whilst the obelisk that would become the obelisk of Theodosius remained in Alexandria until 390, when Theodosius I (378-392 AD) had it transported to Constantinople and put up on the spina of the Hippodrome there.[1]
Pedestal
The Obelisk of Theodosius is of red granite from Aswan and was originally 30m tall, like the Lateran obelisk. The lower part was damaged in antiquity, probably during its transport or re-erection, and so the obelisk is today only 18.54m (or 19.6m) high, or 25.6m if the base is included. Between the four corners of the obelisk and the pedestal are four bronze cubes, used in its transportation and re-erection.[2]
Each of its four faces has a single central column of inscription, celebrating Thutmose III's victory on the banks of the river Euphrates in 1450 BC
The marble pedestal had bas-reliefs dating to the time of the obelisk's re-erection in Constantinople. On one face Theodosius I is shown offering the crown of victory to the winner in the chariot races, framed between arches and Corinthian columns, with happy spectators, musicians and dancers assisting in the ceremony. In the bottom right of this scene is the water organ of Ctesibius and on the left another instrument.
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Istanbul Old City Walking Tour 2019 | Sultanahmet Square
Today we are exploring the old city of Istanbul by walking through the history of the past Constantinople and Istanbul. This video of our series Walking in Istanbul started at 9 am in front of the Hagia Sophia Museum. It was still early and the Sultanahmet Square was not crowded but the first tourist groups already arrived and were waiting to enter the Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia). The old city walk continued direction Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) and the German Fountain (Alman Çeşmesi). There is a big square as you can see on the video. We call it Sultanahmet Meydanı (Square). In the past, in the roman period there was a hippodrome for the carriage races. There are 3 monuments decorating the Hippodrome. The first one on the video is the Egyptian Obelisk. The second the Serpent Column and the third one the Constantine Obelisk. We are continuing to walk on the narrow streets of Istanbul Old City and see the Sphendone of the Hippodrome and some old city hotels. There is also a vegetable Market opened that day. Our walking Tour 2019 finishes at the Küçük Ayasofya Camii (Mosque). This mosque was originally made during the Byzantine Period as a Church. The name of the church was Sergius and Bacchus Church and was built during the reign of Justinian. During the Ottoman Period the church was converted into a mosque.
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Today's Istanbul Walking Tour Route 2019:
00:26 Start: Hagia Sophia Museum (Ayasofya Müzesi)
01:45 Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii)
04:05 German Fountain (Alman Çeşmesi)
05:15 Sultanahmet Square (Hippodrome)
07:07 Egyptian Obelisk (Dikilitaş)
08:40 Serpent Column (Yılanlı Sütun)
09:30 Constantine Obelisk (Örme Sütun)
11:35 Carpet Store
11:50 Nakilbent Sokak (Street)
11:55 Hasan Ağa Camii (Mosque)
12:20 Fruit and Vegetables Market
13:10 The Sphendone of the Hippodrome
13:40 Aksakal Sokak (Street)
14:50 The Sphendone of the Hippodrome
14:55 Sultanahmet High School (top)
16:35 Şehit Mehmet Paşa Sokak (Street)
17:00 Çardaklı Hamamı (1503/1504) Turkish Bath Ruins
17:30 Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi (Street)
18:05 Finish: Küçük Ayasofya Camii (Mosque)
Istanbul Walking Tour 2019 - Sultanahmet
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