Built in the year 330 AD this column has outlasted the various conquests of Istanbul and as it stands today at 35 metres (115ft) it is a good landmark for tourists travelling by light rail to visit the Grand Bazaar. It is here that you leave the light rail and take the short walk to the Grand Bazaar.

The column was constructed on the orders of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great to commemorate the declaration of Byzantium as the new Capital City of the Roman Empire.