The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey.
Size: 2700px × 2700px
Photo credit: © YAY Media / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: ancient, arch, architecture, basilica, bosphorus, brick, byzantine, cistern, civilization, colorful, column, constantinople, culture, dark, east, empire, golden, historic, history, illuminated, illumination, indoor, interior, islam, istanbul, justinian, lamp, light, medieval, middle, mirror, red, reflection, reservoir, stone, storage, sultan, sultanahmet, symmetry, tank, tourism, touristic, travel, turkey, turkish, underground, water, yerebatan
