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 by kunduzLeave a Comment Address: SultanahmetDirections: The photo at left shows the street entrance to the cistern.
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The Basilica Cistern!!
And the palaces of course.
It's surreal-
Not really like other sites I've seen. It's basically a 'sewar w/ charm', if you will. Directions: Cistern and Topkapi very close to town center.. Other palace on the Asian side... $3 (US) cab ride over...Other Contact: Backpacker's Travel (Yasmine or
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Its the largeest of the 60 water storages that were built in Istanbul during the bizantine times.
Its located just front of Aghia Sophia and it was built in the year 532 B.C. Has 336 columns with a distance of 4 meters between columns. It occupies an area of 10.000 square meters and has a height of 8 meters.
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 by kpdLeave a Comment Directions: The king of Bizans I. Justinienhad made this sarnýc, It can hold 80000m3 water. Its in Sultanahmet. Tel. 0090212 522 12 59
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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. Leave a Comment Directions: A few minutes from the Blue Mosque
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amazing that this was under the hustle and bustle of istanbul until the 20 century some time, when it was discovered. There are tons of huge columns here that support the cars above on the street! craziness, and then it is a water purifying method.
see the column of medusa in the back of the place. the atmosphere there is very romantic and dark. Leave a Comment
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