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Wikipedia: The Column of Constantine (or 'Burnt Column') is a monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD. It commemorates the declaration of Byzantium (renamed by Constantine as Nova Roma) as the new capital city of the Roman Empire. The column is located on Yeniçeriler Caddesi in central Istanbul, along the old Divan Yolu (the 'Road to the Imperial Council') between Sultanahmet and Beyazıt Square (known as Forum Tauri in the Roman period.
![[The Column of Constantine in July 2010, north side]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Column_of_Constantine_2C_July_2010_s.jpg "The Column of Constantine in July 2010, north side")
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![[The Column of Constantine in its original form, with the statue of Constantine as Apollo on top]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gurlitt_Constantine_column_with_statue_s.jpg "The Column of Constantine in its original form, with the statue of Constantine as Apollo on top")
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![[Column of Constantine in 1912]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gurlitt_Constantine_column_s.jpg "Column of Constantine in 1912")
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