Magnaura

The Magnaura (Medieval Greek: Μαγναύρα, possibly from Latin: Magna Aula, "Great Hall"[1]) was a large building in Byzantine Constantinople located next to the Great Palace.[2] It was situated to the east of the Augustaion, close to the Hagia Sophia, and next to the Chalke Gate[3] and has often equated by scholars with the building that housed the Senate.[4]

Map of the Imperial District of Byzantine Constantinople, with the Magnaura in the upper right next to the Augustaion
  1. ^ "Ιστορία και Τέχνη" [History and Art]. Apostolic Ministry of the Church of Greece (in Greek). Footnote 115
  2. ^ Rosser, John Hutchins (2012). Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780810875678.
  3. ^ Mango, Cyril (1991). "Magnaura". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ Prokopios, De Aedeficiis