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Wikipedia: The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) west of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
![[The ceiling of the Basilica Cistern reflected in the still waters]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_cistern_istanbul_mirror_s.jpg "The ceiling of the Basilica Cistern reflected in the still waters")
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![[Carp in the Cistern]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Carp_at_the_Basilica_Cistern_2C_Istanbul_2007_s.jpg "Carp in the Cistern")
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![[The Cistern Cafe]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CisternCafe_s.jpg "The Cistern Cafe")
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![[Art exhibit in the Cistern, 2010.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_cistern_Art_s.jpg "Art exhibit in the Cistern, 2010.")
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![[Another view of the forest of columns]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Yerebatan_s.jpg "Another view of the forest of columns")
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![[Column with Medusa base]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Head_of_Medusa_2C_Basilica_Cistern_2C_Constantinople_01_s.jpg "Column with Medusa base")
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![[Basilica Cistern]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cisterna_Basilica_Junto_a_Santa_Sofia_Estambul__2_s.jpg "Basilica Cistern")
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![["Peacock-eyed" column]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_Cistern_Constantinople_2007_s.jpg "\"Peacock-eyed\" column")
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![[Another column with Medusa base]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Head_of_Medusa_2C_Basilica_Cistern_2C_Constantinople_02_s.jpg "Another column with Medusa base")
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![[The sideways Medusa, rotated 90 degrees.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_Cistern_Medusa_Rotated_2_s.jpg "The sideways Medusa, rotated 90 degrees.")
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![[The second Medusa head pillar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_Cistern_Constantinople_2007_011_s.jpg "The second Medusa head pillar")
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