Nicknamed Yerebatan Sarayi, or “the Sunken Palace” in Turkish, it is known in English as the Basilica Cistern because of its location on the site of an ancient basilica. Photo: Dan Kitwood ...

The Basilica Cistern is Istanbul's largest surviving Byzantine cistern and one of its most unique historic sites. Constructed in 532 for Justinian I, this sprawling underground water reservoir ...

The Basilica Cistern, one of Turkey's hidden treasures, was the unlikely host of a spectacular wakeboarding exhibition, as Frederic Von Osten and Dominik Gührs left historic columns and stone ...

Some are well known. Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern, a columned reservoir that dates back to Roman times, has been open to tourists for decades and featured in movies including the James Bond ...

Built in the 6th Century for the eastern Roman Empire from older building fragments, The Basilica Cistern used to be a place that stored a huge amount of water. Now it is open to the public to ...