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The Theodosian Walls are made up of 11 foritified gates and 192 towers. This collosal architectural marvel sealed Constantinople's landward side and stretches from The Sea of Marmara to the Golden Horn.
The Walls are made up of layers of red tile and limestone blocks.
They were built by Theodosius II in 412 to 422 AD. It was only breached once in 1453 by Mehmet the Conqueror, when the Ottoman Turks took Constantinople.
Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province.It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents. In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
