Hieria (inGreek variously Ἱερεῖα, Ἱερία, Ἡρία), also known as HeraeumorHeraion (Ἡραῖον), modern Fenerbahçe, was a town of ancient Bithynia and a suburb of Byzantine-era Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). It is prominent in the city's history as the site of an imperial palace.
The name derives from Heraion akron (Greek: Ἡραῖον ἄκρον, "Cape of Hera"), which was given in antiquity to a small promontory (modern Fener burnu) on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, opposite Chalcedon (modern Kadıköy).[1] The Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) built a palace here, which included a harbour and a church dedicated to St. Mary.[1] The palace, which survived at least until 1203, served as a summer residence for a number of Byzantine emperors, including Emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641) and Emperor Basil I (r. 867–886), who added a chapel dedicated to the Prophet Elijah.[1] Due to its location on the Asian side of the Bosporus, the palace often served as a reception point for triumphal returns of the Byzantine emperors from campaigns in the East.[1] The iconoclastic "Council of Hieria" took place in the palace in 754.[1] Only a few traces of the original palace complex (the harbour breakwater, a cistern and funerary inscriptions) survive.[1]
Its site is located at FenerbahçeinAsiatic Turkey.[2][3]
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