The Column of Constantine

The Column of Constantine (Çemberlitaş Column) is a 1700-year-old monumental structure erected in 330 AD by Emperor Constantine I to commemorate the relocation of the Roman Empire's capital to Istanbul. The porphyry columns, brought from the Temple of Apollo in Rome, are located in the center of the Forum of Constantine (present-day Çemberlitaş) and are one of Istanbul's oldest and most important landmarks today.

Location: Çemberlitaş, Fatih, Istanbul

Significance:It represented the power of the Byzantine emperor.

Architecture:The Temple of Constantine I was erected in 330 AD and restored by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I after the fire of 1779.