THE PATCHWORK WALL
-Next to the Arasta Bazaar – Byzantine – Ottoman piecemeal wall sealing off the ruined Aetos Church & Wall of Nicophorus Phocas from the street. The latter runs right under me here toward the Blue Mosque. It used to connect the Boukoleon to the Great Palace- 5/2008—–This wall was sandblasted by “restorers” some years ago, the guard tower kitsched up, and the 10th century Aetos Church and its frescoes razed for a hotel.
Drawing the ruined, doomed Aetos Church in 2008, and its location near the Arasta Bazaar.
We tried to get some help from Unesco, but were informed that the country in which the antiquities reside has to cooperate. So all this is gone now. I did get pictures, and I will do drawings.
DOG IN THE RUINS
The Boukoleon. Beyond the ruins, the moon over the Marmara Sea, out my window summer nights as I fell asleep.
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