# Obelisk of Theodosius

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/spot/theodosius-dikilitas/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

This page is about one place: Obelisk of Theodosius, a spot in Istanbul with a story of its own. The story itself lives in the myTuur app, and it begins when you arrive and the app knows you are standing there.

- City: [Istanbul](https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_TheodosiusObelisk_66fffd9e2ff49a4d0eebf0d2_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_Obelisk_of_Theodosius.JPG)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_TheodosiusObelisk_66fffd9e2ff49a4d0eebf0d2_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Ippodromo_-_Obelisco_-_Foto_G._Dall'Orto_25-5-2006.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_TheodosiusObelisk_66fffd9e2ff49a4d0eebf0d2_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_Obelisk_of_Theodosius2.JPG)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_TheodosiusObelisk_66fffd9e2ff49a4d0eebf0d2_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul.Hippodrome008.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_TheodosiusObelisk_66fffd9e2ff49a4d0eebf0d2_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul.Hippodrome007.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Istanbul. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.