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In the years 1967 and 1968, following theoretical studies about the location of the monument and after the demolition of the houses placed above it, excavations revealed some foundations and a fragment (now re-erected as a pillar) belonging to the building. These remains could be positively
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The mother of all milestones, the Milion, erected by
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identified as belonging to the Milion thanks to their vicinity to a part of bent
Byzantine canalization. This seems to indicate the angle of the disappeared Mese, as reported by the literary sources.
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in 1453, it disappeared by the start of the 16th century in the
Ottoman era. During excavations in the 1960s, some partial fragments of the Milion were discovered under houses in the area.
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Reconstruction of
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A fragment of the Milion has been re-erected as a pillar.
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adorned the lower part with the statues of his wife
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