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Page 31
... called the Philadelphion but was then called the Proteichisma , in which there was also formerly a gate , built by Carus . But as Diakrinomenos says , it came from the so - called Magnaura . Whereupon it was set up in the Forum and , as ...
... called the Philadelphion but was then called the Proteichisma , in which there was also formerly a gate , built by Carus . But as Diakrinomenos says , it came from the so - called Magnaura . Whereupon it was set up in the Forum and , as ...
Page 42
... called Silivri Kapısı is the one by which the Greeks entered when they retook the city from the Latins . Just outside this gate , standing in a grove of trees , is the Holy Well of Balukli . I was sorry not to visit , for it is the ...
... called Silivri Kapısı is the one by which the Greeks entered when they retook the city from the Latins . Just outside this gate , standing in a grove of trees , is the Holy Well of Balukli . I was sorry not to visit , for it is the ...
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... called a Caska without the wall of the seraglio , close to the sea - side , where hee accustometh to take his gally of the delicatest and richest presence that ever I beheld : for it is a quadrant of seven arches on a side cloister wise ...
... called a Caska without the wall of the seraglio , close to the sea - side , where hee accustometh to take his gally of the delicatest and richest presence that ever I beheld : for it is a quadrant of seven arches on a side cloister wise ...
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