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Istanbul, Church of St. Mary of Blachernae 451
Built over a pagan spring in 451 by Pulcheria, the wife of the emperor Marcian. It was the repository of the robe and mantle of the Virgin Mary, the protectoress of the city, who appeared on the wall in 627 to disperse the Avars. The church was destroyed in a fire in 1434. There is nothing left but rubble today.