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Istanbul – Constantine Obelisk

Konstantin Dikilitaşı (Konstantinov obelisk) izgrađen je od grubo rezanog kamena. Tačan datum izgradnje nije poznat. Obelisk visok 32 metra bio je prekriven pozlaćenim bronzanim pločama koje prikazuju pobjedu Vasilija I. Ove ploče su nestale za vrijeme četvrtog krstaškog rata.

Konstantin Dikilitaşı (Constantine Obelisk) was constructed of roughly cut stone. The exact date of its construction is unknown. The obelisk, which is 32 meters high, was covered with gilded bronze plates depicting the victory of Basil I. These plates disappeared during the Fourth Crusade.

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