The name derives from Heraion akron (Greek: Ἡραῖον ἄκρον, "Cape of Hera"), which was given in antiquity to a small promontory (modern Fener burnu) on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, opposite Chalcedon (modern Kadıköy).
[1] The Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) built a palace here, which included a harbour and a church dedicated to St.
[1] Due to its location on the Asian side of the Bosporus, the palace often served as a reception point for triumphal returns of the Byzantine emperors from campaigns in the East.
[1] Only a few traces of the original palace complex (the harbour breakwater, a cistern and funerary inscriptions) survive.
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