Tekfur Palace in Istanbul The Palace
of the Porphyrogenitus ( Tekfur
Sarayı, " Palace of the Sovereign
" ) 
This is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople ( present-day Istanbul ). It is the only Byzantine palace to survive in the city and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine secular architecture in the world.  | 
 
Tekpur Palace  | 
Tekpur Palace in Istanbul  | 
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