Basilica Cistern
Vast underground cistern built by Justinian in 532 to store the city's water, the largest and best-known of the hundreds constructed. It's a cathedral-like space with 336 richly decorated columns. Time was you explored in a little rowing boat, but tourist numbers have soared and water levels have dropped, so now you follow a boardwalk, with lights, piped music and art installations. It's sometimes a film location, and stages concerts. But the crowds rob it of atmosphere and you might prefer to seek out one of the less-visited cisterns.
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A vast, historic underground water storage structure featuring hundreds of columns; a major, iconic site.
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A vast, historic underground water storage structure featuring hundreds of columns; a major, iconic site.
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