Çemberlitaş

No traces of Forum of Constantine the Great, which was the nearest square to Hippodrome during Roman Empire, could be found. This square which, then, was surrounded with the senate and important official departments, today hosts buildings erected during the Ottoman and Republic period. The only work in the square remaining from that period is Cemberlitag, known as the Burnt Column (Column of Constantine).
On top of this column of 50 m. height, which was built in the 4th century with the instruction of Emperor Constantine the Great, was a bronze statue until 1105. The height of this porphyry column is 37 m. today because of the previous earthquakes and

fires. The metal rings have been used to increase its resistance.

Below its high pedestal, holy remnants which were brought to the city with the instruction of Constantine, like the pieces of the True Cross, the stone which Moses had broken with his stick and get water out of it are believed to exist. It faced an complete restoration in 1955.

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