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area of the long gone Chrysotriklinos Hall, the Throne Hall of the Middle ByzantinePalace. The path descends fi nally to the sea by the Landing Staircase, which onlyemperors could descend to enter their barges at the imperial harbour.The Eastern Itinerary reconnects there to the Western Itinerary.Here as well strong areas of interest have been pointed out in the streets wherewooden Turkish houses still survive and in the historical architectonical remainssuch as the mosque of Kapı Ağası Mahmut Ağa (XV. century) and its surroundingdevotional complex. But in the case of the Eastern Itinerary the archaeologicalruins are quite dominant and do actually impinge onto the pattern of the modernstreets.The itinerary, sign posted by frequent posters on the streets, will be characterizedby points of interchange between the modern City and the art-historical andarchaeological monuments of the old Palace. They will be designed to re-qualifyand develop decayed areas which have long forgotten their primary culturalidentity, making them restful and enjoyable to residents and travelers. Near thetourist information points, coffee houses and restaurants, didactical material forthe visitors, multi-medial centers and bookstores.The Boukoleon Mosaic: A Possible InterpretationEugenia Marta BOLOGNESIThe 2006 Campaign took place last September in the fi rst half of the month. Weowe as usual our results to the professionalism and the good will of our CommissarArchaeologist Pınar Bursa as to the support of Dr. İsmail Karamut, Director of theArchaeological Museums of İstanbul and to the collaboration of Prof Dr. NuranZeren Gülersoy, Director of the Urban and Social Studies Department, Faculty ofArchitecture, İstanbul Technical University of Taş Kışla.We shall concentrate in this report onto the possible dating and identifi cationof the mosaic fl oor which has been recently known as the Boukoleon mosaic,found indeed in the basement of a private house opening onto the railwaybetween Sirkeci and Kumkapı, right behind the Loggia in the sea-walls which isusually called the House of Joustinian. We shall leave the technical analysis at themoment in progress by the CNR ISTEC of Faenza, with Dr. Michele Macchiarolaand Dr. Francesca Maria Amato, to a specifi c article where the analysis result willbe published. We have anyway to thank Arch. Cristina Brusaporci for the longhours spent in the detailed examination of the mosaic, resulting in the drawingsand in the photographs are presented here.121