Exterior view, Tower of Isaac Angelus and outer wall of Leo V, from south west

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Location: Turkey (623) | Marmara (263) | İstanbul (202) | Istanbul (202)

Period: 5th century (289) | 9th century (429) | 12th century (3971)

Type: City walls (63)

People: Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine Emperor, d. 820  (1) | Theodosius II, Emperor of Rome, 401-450  (0)

Style: city wall: Byzantine (577)

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Walls 9th century, Tower circa 1190

Byzantine Land Walls (Theodosian Walls)

Istanbul, Marmara Region, Turkey

Begun 5th century

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Negative number: 794/19 (6)
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