
	Where results make sense

Topic: Blachernae

In the News (Mon 1 Dec 08)

Crimson Tide

Tommy Tuberville

Bill Clinton

Wayne Rooney

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Wake Forest

Grand Slam

Oklahoma State

Adelaide Oval

Civil War

	Blachernae - Phantis
		Blachernae is a suburb in the northeastern section of Constantinople.
		After Alexius, the Blachernae Palace became the main residence of the emperors, though the old Great Palace was still used for major imperial ceremonies.
		In 1453 during the Fall of Constantinople, Ottoman invaders attacked Blachernae with their large cannon, almost completely destroying the walls there; the Byzantine defenders failed to block the Kerkoporta gate, enabling the Turks to enter the city.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Blachernae (271 words)

	Adventure Tours - Church of Panagia of Blachernae
		A measure of the importance of the shrine is found in Emperor Heraclius's Neara, which appoints a total of 74 persons to the service of the church: 12 presbyters, 18 deacons, 6 deaconesses, 8 sub deacons, 20 readers, 4 chanters and 6 door keepers.
		Later, when the Palace of Blachernae was erected further up on the slope of the hill, a special gate and stairway connected the church with the Palace.
		The shrine of Blachernae, "the great church" as it is called in written sources, was composed of three buildings: the main church, the parecclesion of the Hagia Soros and the Hagion Lousma.
	www.adventuretours.com.tr /showinfo.asp?InfoNo=39 (642 words)

	Blachernae
		Blachernae is a suburb in the northeastern section of Constantinople.
		Blachernae was also the site of the St. Mary of Blachernae church, which became the second-most important church in Constantinople after Hagia Sophia, if only because the emperors' residence was nearby.
		In 1453 during the Fall of Constantinople, Ottoman invaders attacked Blachernae with their large cannon, almost completely destroying the walls there; the Byzantine defenders failed to block the Kerkoporta gate, enabling the Turks to enter the city.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bl/blachernae.html (240 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Blachernae () is a suburb in the northwestern section of Constantinople.
		After Alexius, the Blachernae Palace became the main residence of the emperors from 1081 AD to 1453 AD, though the old Great Palace was still used for major imperial ceremonies.
		In 1453 during the final siege of Constantinople, the Ottomans attacked Blachernae with their large cannon, almost completely destroying the walls there; the Byzantine defenders failed to block the Kerkoporta gate, enabling the Turks to enter the city.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Blachernae (303 words)

	Constantinople - LoveToKnow 1911
		In addition to the territory enclosed within the limits just described, the suburb of Sycae or Galata, on the opposite side of the Golden Horn, and the suburb of Blachernae, on the 6th hill, were regarded as parts of the city, but stood within their own fortifications.
		The splendid wall, flanked by nine towers, that descends from the court of Tekfour Serai to the level tract below Egri Kapu, was built by Manuel Comnenus (1143-1180) for the greater security of the part of the city in which stood the palace of Blachernae, then the favourite imperial residence.
		With the accession of Alexius Comnenus, the palace of Blachernae, at the north-western corner of the city, became the principal residence of the Byzantine court, and was in consequence extended and embellished.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Constantinople (7242 words)

	[No title]
		There the new works joined the walls of the suburb of Blachernae, and thus protected the city on the west down to the Golden Horn.
		Some-what later, in 439, the walls along the Marmora and the Golden Horn were brought, by the prefect Cyrus, up to the extremities of the new landward walls, and thus invested the capital in complete armour.
		With the accession of Alexius Comnenus, the palace of Blachernae, at the north-western corner of the city, became the principal residence of the Byzantine court, and was in con-sequence extended and embellished.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=17324 (7201 words)

	Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ...
		The Fourteenth Region was formed by the suburb of Blachernae located on a hill outside the walls of Constantine, and the Thirteenth Region was the suburb of Sycae (Galata), located on the opposite bank of the Golden Horn.
		The Palace of Blachernae: in the suburb of Blachernae, on the hills overlooking the Golden Horn, the first Palace of Blachernae was built in the mid 5th century as can be told by the materials and structures found at the site.
		The Palace of the Blachernae was destroyed by a fire at the time of the Ottoman conquest of the city.
	www.guide-martine.com /istanbul_2.asp (3215 words)

	From the Golden Horn to Top kapi
		The initial stretch of the walls, because of the steepness of the terrain and because it was mainly redesigned in 627 to include the Blachernae Palace, does not follow the general pattern of the walls.
		They were built by Isaac II Angelus (emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204) and by Manuel Anemas a member of the imperial family.
		In the XIIth century the Emperor moved the court from the too vast and dilapidated palaces near Agia Sofia to the Blachernae palaces.
	members.tripod.com /romeartlover/Murter1.html (451 words)

	Blachernae information - Search.com
		It was the site of a spring and a number of churches were built there, notably by Pulcheria in the 5th century and by Justinian I in the 6th century.
		After Alexius, the Blachernae Palace became the main residence of the emperors, though the old Great Palace was still used for major imperial ceremonies.
		Mary of Blachernae church, which became the second-most important church in Constantinople after Hagia Sophia, if only because the emperors' residence was nearby.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Blachernae (317 words)

	Blachernae
		After Alexius, the Blachernae Palace became the main residence of the emperors.
		Blachernae was also the site of the St. Mary of Blachernae church, which became the second-most important church in Constantinople after Hagia Sophia, if only because the emperors' residence was nearby.
		After the Ottoman conquest the sultan's residence was moved to Topkapi Palace on Acropolis Point, the original site of the Great Palace, and the Blachernae area fell into disuse.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Medieval/LX/Blachernae.html (262 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)