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Basilica Cistern

The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayý - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnýcý - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern
Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern
Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern
Milion marker right outside the Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Entrance to the Basilica Cistern
Entrance to the Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern		 Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern

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