Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı – "Cistern Sinking Into Ground"), beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, was built in the 6th

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Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı – "Cistern Sinking Into Ground"), beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

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