Kınalıada
Kınalıada (Greek: Πρώτη, Proti 'first') is an island in the Sea of Marmara; it is the closest of the Prince Islands to Istanbul, Turkey, about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south. Administratively, it is a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul.
Kınalıada means "Henna Island" in Turkish, as the land has a reddish colour from the iron and copper that has been mined here. This is one of the least forested of the Prince Islands.
Proti was the island most used as a place of exile under the Byzantine Empire. The most notable exile was emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, who remained in the Monastery of the Transfiguration on Hristo Peak of the island.
Services from the mainland
The islands are reachable by ferry services that depart from Kabataş on the European side. The voyage takes about 25 minutes by fast ferry (deniz otobus) and 40 minutes by regular ferry (vapur).
Notable residents
- Empress Irene (c. 752–803) - Byzantine empress
- Michael I Rangabe (c. 770–844) - Byzantine emperor
- Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948) - Byzantine emperor
- Romanos IV Diogenes (c. 1030–1072) - Exiled Byzantine emperor
- Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934) - Armenian poetess and writer
- Zahrad (1924–2007) - Armenian poet.
- Mesrob II Mutafyan (1956) - current Armenian Patriarch
References
- Kınalıada at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality website
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Coordinates: 40°54′47″N 29°03′00″E / 40.91306°N 29.05000°E
