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during the Ottoman period.
The first large cross-roads after
Kumkapi is Yenikapi. Ataturk boulevard passing along the
historical peninsula and reaching the Unkapani Bridge
above the Golden Horn joins with the coastline here.
This was the point where Lygos (Bayrampaga) Lake was
flowing into Marmara. Going further from Yenikapi towards the coastline, the
first district we face is Samatya. There are many small
and big churches like Ayios Theodoros Church, Sulu
Monastery or Surp Kevork Church which was the old
Armenian Patriarch, Ayios Menos Church and Hristos
Analipsis Church. The walls in the vicinity of Samatya sometimes go
towards the left side of the coastline, seaside, and
gives an idea about the natural coastline of ancient
period. Narhkapi, the last gate on the sea walls before
the Yedikule Hisan (castle) was the door used by those
who came by sea to visit Studion Monastery right behind. |
