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The Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnici) #52205935
Description
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayñ ââ¬â Sunken Palace, or Yerebatan Sarnñcñ ââ¬â Sunken Cistern), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (that is 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