Şerefiye Sarnıcı

Şerefiye Sarnıcı

Also known as Theodosius Cistern

Year

443

Type

building

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Built between 428 and 443 to hold water carried into the city by the aqueduct of Valens, this underground reservoir sits just off the old main avenue, the Mese. Its brickwork rises in forty-five shallow sail vaults resting on thirty-two mar …

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