Where are the Pera Palace Hotel and Palace of the Porphyrogenitus located?
Palace of the Porphyrogenitus The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Greek: ), known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı ("Palace of the Sovereign"), is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). An annex of the greater palace complex of Blachernae, it is the best preserved of the three Byzantine palaces to survive in the city (together with the ruins of the Boukoleon Palace; and the ruins of the Great Palace of Constantinople with its surviving substructures, retrieved mosaics and standing Magnaura section), and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine secular architecture in the world.
Pula Pula or Pola (] ; Italian and Istro-Romanian: "Pola"; Latin: "Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola Pollentia Herculanea" ; Slovene and Chakavian: "Pulj," German: "Polei" , Ancient Greek: Πόλαι, "Polae") is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia and the eighth largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 57,460 in 2011. It is known for its multitude of ancient Roman buildings, the most famous of which is the Pula Arena, one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters, and its beautiful sea. The city has a long tradition of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. It has also been Istria's administrative centre since ancient Roman times.