Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . WITH, THE SEVEN CHUHCHES OF ASIA MINOR. 23 While used as this extraordinary prison, the strangest tales of mystery were whisperedabout, and are still told to visitors. A cavity is shown, called the well of blood, whichimagination still pictures as overflowing with human gore, and its stained and darkenedsides countenance the tradition. In another place is the cavern of the rock, where con-fession was extorted from the unhappy prisoners. A number of low arches are alsopointed out, into which the wretched victims were compell
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . WITH, THE SEVEN CHUHCHES OF ASIA MINOR. 23 While used as this extraordinary prison, the strangest tales of mystery were whisperedabout, and are still told to visitors. A cavity is shown, called the well of blood, whichimagination still pictures as overflowing with human gore, and its stained and darkenedsides countenance the tradition. In another place is the cavern of the rock, where con-fession was extorted from the unhappy prisoners. A number of low arches are alsopointed out, into which the wretched victims were compelled to force themselves, too lowto admit their bodies through the aperture, and from whence they could not again extractthem—and there they were left to perish with hunger. Places, too, are still shown,where skulls were piled so high as to rise above the surrounding walls. The towers were originally seven in number, but are now reduced to four. Three ofthem were thrown down by the great earthquake in 1786. They were never rebuilt by theTurks; yet they still call th
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