Byzantine architecture

Here are some selected links you might like to try.

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Anastasian Wall Project
Research projects which aim to investigate, record and map the Anastasian Wall, a 56km long linear fortification built to defend Constantinople in the early Byzantine period.
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/projects/longwalls/|

Byzantine Architecture Project
A Princeton University study of Byzantine structures from a structural and an art-historical perspective.
http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/const.html|

Byzantium Period in Istanbul
A brief history of Byzantine atchitecture, with a list and descriptions of the most impirtant buildings.
http://www.turizm.net/cities/istanbul/byzance.html|

The Defences of Constantinople
Photographs of the defences of the Topkapi Palace, the Sea walls, the Yedikule Fortress and parts of the Theodosian Land walls.
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/constantinople.html|

Water Supply of Constantinople
Research projects which aim to advance the understanding of urbanism in Constantinople throughout its history by investigating the provisions for water supply in the early Byzantine period.
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/projects/longwalls/|

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