Shkodra Takes its Name from Chrysopolis
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Some other old photos of Scutari at Constantinople.
Scutari or Chrysopolis is an ancient district of Constantinople. It was called Scutari by the Turks.
The city was called Chrysopolis either because the Persians made it the place of deposit for the gold which they collected from other cities, or from Chryses, a son of Agamemnon and Chryseis who is believed to be buried there.
The medieval city of Scutari/Σκουτάριον was a city founded in the 7th century BC in a valley leading down to the Bosphorus shore, by the Greek colony of Khalkedon and was first known as Chrysopolis, the city of gold.
Chrysopolis was taken over by the Ottomans without losing its importance as a commercial center and a station on the way from Thessaloniki to Constantinople.
But even the word Scutari is not Roman but Greek. Σκουτάριον or scutum (Latin) was a Macedonian shield.
Here is a pic of an Ancient Macedonian shield called scuta- scutum
Greek psalms were written with gold at Σκουτάριον neighborhood of Constantinople
The whole manuscript is here
In the area of Chrysopolis rich Turks bury their dead
Below is the map of the cemeteries of the Ottoman Sultans at the Chrysopolis/Scutari.
Turkish cemetery at Chryspolis/Scutary at Constantinople
Shkodra a town in North Albania is called Scutari by Italian historians and encyclopedias. Why? Because when Turks took over the town in 1479, they gave it that name in order to remind themselves that they took over Constantinople. Shkodra is a very divided Turkish town.
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