The Great Palace of Byzantium in Istanbul

Collection title

AFP Subject

ID

INA00248

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

05/23/2008

Production year

2008

Abstract

Istanbul, the former Constantinople, is full of treasures buried underground. Remnants of the Great Palace, the nerve center of the Byzantine emperors of the 4th century to the 10th, have recently been updated. The finds include Chaldkè, monumental gate and the only link between the palace and the outside world, vaulted rooms of the Palace of Constantine, baths, or the remains of a church and some 60 skeletons. This site should be open to the public by the end of the year. But other remnants of the Grand Palais were not so lucky, and are likely to disappear completely if the Turkish authorities do not take the necessary steps ...

Type

video

Production companies

• AFP Video (AFPVI) - Own production

Broadcaster

INA

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Bolognesi Eugenia
• Mehmet Ayranci

Primary theme

Byzantine Empire

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Antiquity
• Tourism and cultural sites / Architecture
• Tourism and cultural sites / Archaeological sites

Credits / Cast

• Logre Sonia - Speaker

Period of events

• From 500 to 1000

Map locations

• Turkey - Marmara Province - Istanbul

Original language

French

Media running time

1m48