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    The Palace of Blachernae (Greek: τὸ ἐν Βλαχέρναις Παλάτιον) was an imperial Roman residence in the suburb of Blachernae, located in the northwestern section...
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    abandoned palace buildings in the 18th century. The Palace was constructed during the late 13th or early 14th centuries as part of the Blachernae palace complex...
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  • Blachernae (Medieval Greek: Βλαχέρναι) was a suburb in the northwestern section of Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire. It is the...
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    onwards Emperors favoured the Palace of Blachernae as an imperial residence, though they continued to use the Great Palace as the primary administrative...
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    (Turkish: Tekfur Sarayı), which is the only surviving part of the Blachernae Palace, dates from the period of the Fourth Crusade. In these years, on the...
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    would remain the main palace for the Byzantine court until the 11th century with the construction of the Palace of Blachernae by the Komnenos dynasty...
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  • of Constantinople or Council of Blachernae was an Eastern Orthodox council, convened in 1285 in the Blachernae Palace in Constantinople. Under the presidency...
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    the Propontis coast to the area of the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Turkish: Tekfur Sarayı) in the Blachernae quarter. The outer wall and the moat terminate...
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    as they forced their way inside the city where they pillaged the Blachernae palace, even killing Alexios' pet lion. In order to limit any further damage...
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    Minotto [el; es; fr; it] and his Venetians were stationed in the Blachernae Palace, together with Teodoro Caristo, the Langasco brothers, and Archbishop...
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