FfFfFfFF 58,120 Posted February 22, 2025 Share Posted February 22, 2025 The Prison of Anemas (Turkish: Anemas Zindanları) is a large Byzantine building attached to the walls of the city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). It is traditionally identified with the prisons named after Michael Anemas, a Byzantine general who rose in unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and was the first person to be imprisoned there. The prison features prominently in the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire, when four Byzantine emperors were imprisoned there. The building is located in the suburb of Blachernae, between the mid-12th century stretch of walls constructed by the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180) and the earlier walls of Byzantine emperors Heraclius (r. 610–641) and Leo V the Armenian (r. 813–820). The structure's outer wall itself is extraordinarily high, rising as high as 23 m above the ground in front of it, and is 11–20 m thick. The twin towers are in turn supported by a massive buttress, which stands almost 8 m above the ground level and projects from 6.5–9 m in front of the towers themselves. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_of_Anemas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,120 Posted February 22, 2025 Author Share Posted February 22, 2025 Might be interested: @palma I think it's a tragedy how many sites located within the Walls are not open to the public, like the Silivrikapı Hypogeum https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/silivrikapi-hypogeum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise 36,080 Posted February 22, 2025 Share Posted February 22, 2025 1 hour ago, FfFfFfFF said: Might be interested: @palma I think it's a tragedy how many sites located within the Walls are not open to the public, like the Silivrikapı Hypogeum https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/silivrikapi-hypogeum Honestly I am kinda happy for sites to be preserved bc ppl were literally EATING parts of the Haghia Sophia doors for a while So long ggd, it was nice while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,120 Posted February 22, 2025 Author Share Posted February 22, 2025 16 minutes ago, Pennywise said: Honestly I am kinda happy for sites to be preserved bc ppl were literally EATING parts of the Haghia Sophia doors for a while The hypogeum was apparently a gathering place for drug addicts... Maybe some are there as of now and blasting brat by Charli XCX! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise 36,080 Posted February 22, 2025 Share Posted February 22, 2025 8 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said: The hypogeum was apparently a gathering place for drug addicts... Maybe some are there as of now and blasting brat by Charli XCX! just added to the list of things to do next time i'm there So long ggd, it was nice while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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