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{{short description|Ancient town and suburb of Constantinople; now Fenerbahçe, Istanbul, Turkey}}

'''Hieria''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]] variously {{lang|grc|Ἱερεῖα, Ἱερία, Ἡρία}}), also known as '''Heraeum'''  or '''Heraion''' (Ἡραῖον), modern [[Fenerbahçe (Istanbul neighbourhood)|Fenerbahçe]], was a town of [[ancient Bithynia]] and a suburb of [[Byzantine Empire|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: {{lang|grc|Ἡραῖον ἄκρον}}, "Cape of [[Hera]]"), which was given in antiquity to a small promontory (modern Fener burnu) on the [[Asia|Asian]] shore of the [[Bosporus]], opposite [[Chalcedon]] (modern [[Kadıköy]]).<ref name="ODB">{{harvnb|Kazhdan|1991|p=929}}.</ref> The Emperor [[Justinian I]] (r. 527–565) built a palace here, which included a harbour and a church dedicated to [[St. Mary]].<ref name="ODB"/> 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]].<ref name="ODB"/> 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.<ref name="ODB"/> The [[Byzantine Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] "[[Council of Hieria]]" took place in the palace in 754.<ref name="ODB"/> Only a few traces of the original palace complex (the harbour breakwater, a [[cistern]] and funerary inscriptions) survive.<ref name="ODB"/>

Its site is located at [[Fenerbahçe (Istanbul neighbourhood)|Fenerbahçe]] in [[Anatolia|Asiatic Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|53}}</ref><ref name=DARE>{{Cite DARE|31468}}</ref>

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==Sources==
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*{{cite book|editor-last=Kazhdan|editor-first=Alexander Petrovich|editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan|title=[[Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]]|location=New York, New York and Oxford, United Kingdom|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1991|isbn=978-0-19-504652-6}}
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[[Category:Byzantine palaces]]
[[Category:Quarters and suburbs of Constantinople]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Populated places in Bithynia]]


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