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Leo has now collapsed but it is still open through the Heraclian wall,
passing between the first and second towers.
The citadel between the walls of Leo and Heraclius is in its own
peculiar way quite fascinating. At one end of the citadel there is a
small Muslim graveyard which contains the graves of Ebu Şeybet ül-
Hudri and Hamd ül-Ensari, two other martyred Companions of the
Prophet. We find here also the türbe of Toklu Dade, the Muslim
saint who would seem to be the reincarnation of St. Theca, whose
church just outside the citadel became Toklu Dede Mescidi when it
was converted into a mosque.
At the northern corner of the citadel the walls of Leo and Heraclius
come together and there link up with the sea-walls along the Golden
Horn. This, then, is the end of our tour. We leave the citadel through
the Gate of the Blachernae and turn left on the street outside, Toklu
Dede Sokağı, down which we walked on a previous tour. This brings
us out to the main road along the Golden Horn, where we finish our
long stroll along the land-walls.
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