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08-DEC-2004

Column of Marcian or Maiden's Column

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One of four surviving Byzantine honorific columns. A granite monolythic column with a Corinthean capital on a plinth with eagles at the corners. A Victory on the basement can be still discerned. It is dedicated to Emperor Marcian (450-457). The Victory was probably what led to the Turks calling it the Maiden's Column.

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