Underground Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey. Stock Image
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Description
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Saray�� - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarn��c�� - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey.
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