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Limen to Kaisareiou

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 01, 2025 11:19 PM — History

A harbor constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Theodosius I; thirty-seven Byzantine-era shipwrecks have been excavated from the harbor site.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702853

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.0048557797, 28.9491426965

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Yenikapı site (AD 300 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Langa Bostanı (Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
- Λιμην του Καισαρειου (Limen to Kaisareiou: Ancient Greek, AD 650 - AD 850)
- Portus Theodosiacus (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Vlanga (Ancient, in Latin characters Greek, AD 1200 - AD 1450)
- Yenikapı (Turkish, modern)

Limen to Kaisareiou makes connections with:

Limen to Kaisareiou part of (administrative) Constantinopolis (AD 300 - AD 1453)
Limen to Kaisareiou located on Propontis (AD 300 - AD 1453)

Limen to Kaisareiou receives connections from:

None

Place type:
bay

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Byzantine port was discovered in 2004.

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Limen to Kaisareiou: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702853> [accessed: 21 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702853 |title=Places: 380702853 (Limen to Kaisareiou) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 21, 2025 9:39 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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