Pege was a town of ancient Thrace , inhabited during Byzantine times.
4-558: Its site is located near Balıklı in European Turkey . 41°00′00″N 28°54′57″E / 40.999905°N 28.915896°E / 40.999905; 28.915896 This article about a location in ancient Thrace is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a populated place in the Byzantine Empire is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This geographical article about
8-676: A location in Istanbul Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bal%C4%B1kl%C4%B1, Istanbul Balıklı ( Greek : Μπαλουκλί , pr. "Baluklí") is a quarter in Istanbul , Turkey . It belongs to the Zeytinburnu district, and is part of the Kazlıçeşme neighborhood. It is located along the Marmara Sea , and borders Istanbul's walled city on the east, between
12-549: The Spring , an important Eastern Orthodox sanctuary. In the Byzantine Period it was known as Pege ( Greek : Πηγή , meaning "Spring") per antonomasia , always because of the same source. The quarter is characterized by the presence of several Muslim, Eastern Orthodox and Armenian cemeteries, which until now give to it a country-like character. About one kilometer south of the church of St. Mary an important Greek hospital,
16-514: The gates of Yedikule and Silivri . Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Balıklı was a rural quarter. The name of the quarter ( balikli in Turkish means "with fish", "place where there are fishes") comes from the fishes present in the fountain of holy water ( Greek : ἁγίασμα , hagiasma , whence Turkish : ayazma ) situated now in the complex of the Church of St. Mary of
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