MİLYON TAŞI - Sultanahmet Meydanı ( Obelisk of Theodosius) :İstanbul’un Dikilitaşları #6

#İstanbulunDikiliTaşları #MilyonTaşı #TheMilion #Milion #SultanahmetMeydanı Sultanahmet Meydanı,Milyon Taşı.Döneminde Dünyanın sıfır noktası kabul edilen ve sağlamken üzerinde çok güzel eserlerin bulunduğu Milyon Taşı’nın tarihi ve değeri. The Milion (Greek: Μίλιον or Μίλλιον, Míllion; Turkish: Milyon taşı) was a monument erected in the early 4th century AD in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). It was the Byzantine zero-mile marker, the starting-place for the measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire. It thus served the same function as the Golden Milestone (Milliarium Aureum) in Rome’s forum. The domed building of the Milion rested on four large arches, and it was expanded and decorated with several statues and paintings. It survive