Palace of Antiochos

The Palace of Antiochos (Greek: τὰ παλάτια τῶν Ἀντιόχου) was an early 5th-century palace in the Byzantine capital, Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). It has been identified with a palatial structure excavated in the 1940s and 1950s close to the Hippodrome of Constantinople, some of whose remains are still visible today. In the 7th century, a part of the palace was converted into the church—more properly a martyrion, a martyr's shrine—of St Euphemia in the Hippodrome (Ἀγία Εὐφημία ἐν τῷ Ἱπποδρομίῳ, Hagia Euphēmia en tō Hippodromiō), which survived until the Palaiologan period. Currently a hotel was constructed on top of the ruins but some traces of the palace can be seen under a glass floor at the dining hall.

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Palace of Antiochos ranks #3,521 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 129 mapped in Turkey. Founded c. 425, it is older than 97% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 28 atlas entries founded in the 5th century. 25 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Istanbul, 1 km away. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.

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