Sarayburnu

Sarayburnu is included in the historic areas of Istanbul, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

[2] Another settlement on the Sarayburnu, named Lygos, was founded by Thracian tribes between the 13th and 11th centuries BC, along with the neighbouring Semistra,[5] which Pliny the Elder had mentioned in his historical accounts.

Only a few walls and substructures belonging to Lygos have survived to date, near the location where the famous Topkapı Palace now stands.

According to a legend, in 667 BC ancient Greek settlers from Megara (near Athens) under the command of King Byzas established Byzantium at the Sarayburnu.

Previously, in 685 BC, the Megarans had established Chalcedon (present-day Kadıköy) on the Anatolian shore, across the Bosporus.