Chalcedon

• Chalcedon was an ancient Hellenisitc Roman port city, now located in the Kadikoy District of Istanbul, Turkey.
• It was located on the mouth of the Bosphorus, on the opposite side to Byzantium, and was in the Province of Bithynia.

History

• It was founded as a colony by the Greeks from Megara in 685 BCE.

Council of Chalcedon

• Chalcedon is important in Christianity for being the location of the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE.
• This was where the schism over Arianism occurred, and the Eastern Orthodox Church split permanently from the Western Catholic Church.

Haydarpasa Railway Project

• Construction work on the Haydarpasa Railway Station has revealed the ancient harbour of Chalcedon, graveyards and other important Finds. It is being managed by the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.
• It is not open to the public.

Museums

• Istanbul Archaeology Museums
  • Archeological Museum is located at Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Sokak Sok 34122, Gülhane, Istanbul.
  • The museum holds the Finds from ancient Chalcedon.

Roman Roads

• A central road
  • Chalcedon–Nicomedia–NIcaea–Ankara
• A coastal road
  • Chalcedon–Nicomedia-Heraclea-Sinope-Trabzon

Chalcedon (Kadikoy, Istanbul)