The Milion (Million) was a mile-marker monument erected in the early 4th century AD in Constantinople/Istanbul

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The Milion (Million) was a mile-marker monument erected in the early 4th century AD in Constantinople, the starting-place for measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine Empire, situated at the northern corner of the square of Hagia Sophia, close to the Basilica Cistern

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Size: 3408px × 5120px
Location: Square of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Photo credit: © Emma Durnford / Alamy / Afripics
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