Editing Perinthus (section)

== Cityscape ==

The peninsula and acropolis were complemented by the landward lower city and its walls, some remains of which have been found.

Other notable places include the 5th-century basilica which in its architecture seems to be closely linked to the church designs of Constantinople. The floor mosaics are particularly well made and preserved. 

Stone from the [[basilica]] seems to have been used in the construction of a tower meant to guard a 1.9m wide secondary gate, from which may be deduced that the basilica must have been destroyed some time prior, though the date for that is not certain. Archaeologists and historians from the Tekirdağ Museum, the [[University of Istanbul]] and the [[University of Heidelberg]] think the church might have stood for no more than perhaps 150 years. It was never rebuilt and instead replaced with a small chapel. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/byz/forschungsprojekte/herakleiaPerinthos/MarmaraEreglisi.html|title=Marmara Ereğlisi}}</ref>