Column of Constantine
Local name: Çemberlitaş Sütunu
- Built
- 330
- Visit time
- 10 min
- Open
- Always visible
- Entry
- Free
Constantine the Great erected this column in 330, when he inaugurated the city as the new capital of the Roman Empire. Iron hoops were later fitted to hold its cracked drums together — which gave the neighbourhood its Turkish name, "the hooped stone".
Tip
A few minutes' walk from the Grand Bazaar's Nuruosmaniye Gate.