page_title: Boukoleon Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Boukoleon Palace
context_page_description: The Palace of Boukoleon or Bucoleon was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople The palace is located on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, to the south of the Hippodrome and east of the Little Hagia Sophia.
context_section_description: The Palace of Boukoleon (Greek: Βουκολέων) or Bucoleon was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey.) The palace is located on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, to the south of the Hippodrome and east of the Little Hagia Sophia.
caption: One of the stone lions at the entrance to the Bucoleon harbour, today at the Istanbul Archaeological Museums
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