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Constantinople as New Jerusalem by milan_z_vukasinovic is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a paper presented at the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies in London in 2006. The paper examines how Constantinople came to be seen as a "second Jerusalem" or "new Jerusalem" through its development as an imperial capital with holy sites and religious symbolism that mirrored Jerusalem. Specifically, it discusses how passages from the 6th century life of Saint Daniel defined Constantinople this way. It also analyzes how the imperial palace in Constantinople took on sym
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