A typical Byzantian fortress was built in Western Anatolia (today’s Manisa province) in order to stop Turkish attacks to Byzantine Empire. It was built around 11th and 12th century. It is a model of Byzantine fortress architecture. It provides valuable information on East Roman military engineering. Also it was used by Turks. It is just a touristic field at present. […]
Cisterns of Constantinople and Istanbul
Water is the most necessary element for life of the earth. This fact has been one of the important problems to develop human being life. Civilizations and empires of the world history focused on solving that problem in order to make their domination strong. One of the great samples for this solution was from Roman Empire. According to their principle, […]