Tower with ramp or external staircase

[DONJCH]

The thing with maps of Constantinople is that the city changed drastically after it fell to the Turks in 1453. The only maps we have which predate the conquest are various versions of one by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. I once wrote a bit about that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., second part of the post.

(By the way, note the difference between Pera, the part of the city across the water, and Petra, a part of the city proper - I had them mentally conflated initially)

Agreed, the thing about Constantinople is that it"s all so Byzantine!

There are 8 St John Prodromas churches, for instance, and even experts mess up the ID sometimes.

There are problems with the maps too and also with the multiple rebuildings in this key Golden Gate region, even immediately before the conquest.

Do we discuss Constantinople further or am I off topic? VMS imagery seems not to fit into neat boxes, but your thread, your choice!