Back Daphne-Palast German Παλάτι της Δάφνης Greek Palacio de Dafne Spanish Palais de Daphnè French Palazzo di Dafne Italian Палата Дафне Macedonian Palácio de Dafne Portuguese Dafni Sarayı Turkish 达佛涅宫 Chinese
The Palace of Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη) was one of the major wings of the Great Palace of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire (modern Istanbul, Turkey). According to George Codinus, it was named after a statue of the nymph Daphne, brought from Rome.[1] The exact layout and appearance of the palace is unclear, since it lies under the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, and the only surviving evidence comes from literary sources.[2] Jonathan Bardill, however, has suggested that the peristyle with mosaics adjoining an apsed hall, excavated by the Walker Trust excavations in 1935-7 and 1952-4, could be the Augusteus of the Daphne Palace.[3]
- ^ Paspates (2004), p. 227
- ^ Westbrook (2007)
- ^ Bardill, Jonathan (1999). "The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors and the Walker Trust Excavations". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 12: 216–230. doi:10.1017/S1047759400017992.