{"id":220,"date":"2014-04-08T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2014-03-28T21:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T02:33:38","slug":"old-city-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Old City Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We walked over to a portion of the old city walls after leaving Chora Church. Named the Walls of Theodosius, it was built by Emperor Theodosius II in the early 5th century and stretches 3.5 miles from the Golden Horn to the Sea of Marmara.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0783.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-213\" alt=\"IMG_0783\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0783-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0783-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0783-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0783-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0785.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-214\" alt=\"IMG_0785\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0785-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0785-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0785-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0785-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0790.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-215\" alt=\"IMG_0790\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0790-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0790-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0790-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0790-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0801.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-218\" alt=\"IMG_0801\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0801-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0801-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0801-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0801-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0802.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-219\" alt=\"IMG_0802\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0802-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0802-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0802-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0802-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0797.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217\" alt=\"IMG_0797\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0797-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0797-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0797-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0797-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper section of the Golden Horn visible in the distance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_216\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0792.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" alt=\"IMG_0792\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0792-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0792-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0792-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0792-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient and modern standing side-by-side.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t a lot to see here, but no point in going all the way to Chora Church without a short detour to see the wall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We walked over to a portion of the old city walls after leaving Chora Church. Named the Walls of Theodosius, it was built by Emperor Theodosius II in the early 5th century and stretches 3.5 miles from the Golden Horn to the Sea of Marmara. 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