Şerefiye Sarnıcı
Also known as Theodosius Cistern
443
Byzantine
building
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…
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- 2010-2018
An eight-year restoration cleared and reinforced the reservoir and reopened it to the public as a museum.
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