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Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): Medusa
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  • Website: http://english.istanbul.com/ExploreNew.asp?cat=9&which=48

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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): Cistern
    7 euro

    open between 9:30 am - 7:30 pm

    it's cool inside ... perfect for a hot afternoon...

    Don't forget Medusa on the far end.

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  • Address: Sultanahmet

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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): Sunken Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray)
    70 x 140 m (2.4 acres); 80,000 cubic meters, 336 marble columns ... just for few euros.

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  • Directions: In Sultanahmet Square, at the northeastern end of the Hippodrome, just off Divan Yolu, and across the street from Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia).

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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): Basilica Cistern - Yerebatan Sarayi
    A very strange tourist attraction, otherwise known as the 'sunken palace'. It is a vast, columned chamber in which classical music is played and art is exhibited. This was one of the water cisterns used to supply Byzantine Constantinople. Along with the remains of the Aqueduct of Valens it is a reminder that Constantinople was born a Roman city. The supply of water was probably the greatest triumph of Roman engineering - it's been said that the city of Rome in the first century AD was supplied with more water than New York City in 1985.

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  • Address: Yerebatan Caddesi, Sultanahmet
  • Directions: Near Haghia Sophia. Tram stop - Sultanahmet

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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): The Sunken Cistern
    Dark and mysterious. It's the largest surviving Byzantine cistern in Istanbul. And no, it's npt upside down. Well, it is but that's how it's sipposed to be.


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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): 512AD and all that
    I have to say that i'm as impressed as every other visitor to this 1,500 year old cistern.

    It was built to provide water to the world's largest city while it was under siege from the Greeks and several other invading armies. It served its purpose and saved the city residents on several occasions.

    There is still amazingly clear and fresh water in it, albeit only a few inches deep, with large and lazy fish.

    The amazing thing about this is that when it was full (I've forgotten how many zillion cubic metres of fresh water), the water never seeped out. Even now, 1.500 years later, it's still water tight (to a few feet anyway).

    This is well worth a visit.
    Built by the Romans, i tried and failed at comparing it with the Roman baths in Bath, England.

    If you take a half day City Sights Tour which will cost you EU30 per head, this, the Blue Mosque, the Grand Bazaar and several other more important historical sights are included.

    The cistern is a few minutes walk from the Blue Mosque.

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  • Directions: A few minutes from the Blue Mosque

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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): The Basilica Cistern
    I was really surprised by the Cistern, it is quite interesting and impressive. Built in 532 AD, it features 336 columns in 12 rows, a couple of which feature upside down medusa heads. The lighting gives it a great ambiance but pictures are difficult. The cistern was used to bring water to the palace. Great for a visit in the heat of the afternoon


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    Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray): Medouse head
    Inside Vasiliki Cistern

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  • Address: Old town

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