Basilica Cistern - Yerebatan (Sunken) Palace download epub
by Serif Yenen
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The largest and most ornate of these cisterns is Yerebatan Sarayı (Palace).
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı – "Subterranean Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey.
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BB Culture Inc. Yerebatan Cistern, which is run by the city, is one of the magnificent historical structures of. .One of Istanbul's splendid historical buildings is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. Yerebatan Cistern, which is run by the city, is one of the magnificent historical structures of Istanbul, which hosts many national and international events as well as being a museum with marble columns seen as numerous, rising from the water. This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) was named as Yerebatan Palace ere among the people due to the marble columns rising from the water and countless seemingly like.
Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3, Istanbul 34410, Turkey. This ancient cistern with its many half-lit coloumns rising above a large pool of water, looks more like a sunken palace than a cistern - therefore the appropriate name
Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3, Istanbul 34410, Turkey. Open today: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM. Save. This ancient cistern with its many half-lit coloumns rising above a large pool of water, looks more like a sunken palace than a cistern - therefore the appropriate name. During our visit to this mysterious and magical place, I felt as if I were in a scene straight out of a musical such as The Phantom of the Opera.
The Underground Cistern, which covered a large area during the Byzantine Empire and provided water to the great palace, where the emperors lived, and the vicinity, was used for a further while after the conquest of Istanbul by th.
The Underground Cistern, which covered a large area during the Byzantine Empire and provided water to the great palace, where the emperors lived, and the vicinity, was used for a further while after the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottomans in 1453 and the gardens of Topkapı Palace were irrigated with the water from the cistern. He writes on the Underground Cistern - while he describes the situation of Istanbul in XVIII. Century - in his work entitled ‘History of Istanbul’ as follows: This cistern, which is located south-west of Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia), half a mile away, among houses, was built by Great Constantius under the Great Palace. It bore the name Basilika Kinotexna.
The Mona Lisa equivalent in the Yerebatan Sarayi Basilica Cistern has got to be the Medusa head pillars located at.
The Mona Lisa equivalent in the Yerebatan Sarayi Basilica Cistern has got to be the Medusa head pillars located at the far end of the cistern – just follow the crowds! . Another very popular structure in the Basilica Cistern is the Peacock Column which is quite a nice pillar with peacock feather designs – there is a hole in the pillar where supposedly if you insert your finger in it and turn 360 degrees on your palm, you will get good luck. Zhiqiang & Tingyi.
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. Done. Taken on August 8, 2014.
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ISBN: 6058762456
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Language: English
Publisher: Yenen Publishing (Serif Yenen); 1 edition (August 17, 2011)
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