With a view of increasing the wall's capacity for defence, it was flanked by four small towers, while its lower portion was pierced by numerous loopholes. Two of the towers were on the side facing the Golden Horn, and the other two guarded the extremities... Byzantine Constantinople: The Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites - الصفحة 172 بواسطة Alexander Van Millingen - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 361 عرض كامل -
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