İngilizce Yerebatan Sarnıcı
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The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey The cistern, located South 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
History
This subterranean structure's name derives from a large public square on the First Hill of Constantinople, the Stoa Basilica, beneath which it was constructed According to ancient historians, Emperor Constantine constructed a structure which was later rebuilt and enlarged by Emperor Justinian after the Nika riots of 532 It provided water for the Great Palace of Constantinople and other buildings on the First Hill, and continued to provide water to the Topkapi Palace after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 and into modern times
Measurements and data
This cathedralsized cistern is an underground chamber of 143 metres (470 ft) by 65 metres (210 ft), capable of holding 80,000 cubic metres (2,800,000 cu ft) of water, and covering an area of 9,800 square metres (105,000 sq ft) The large space is broken up by a forest of 336 marble columns each 9 metres (30 ft) high The columns are arranged in 12 rows each consisting of 28 columns, spaced 49 metres (16 ft) apart The capitals of the columns are mainly Ionic and Corinthian styles, with the exception of a few Doric style with no engravings
The cistern is surrounded by a firebrick wall with a thickness of 4 metres (13 ft) and coated with a special mortar for waterproofing The cistern's water was provided from the Belgrade Woods—which lie 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city—via aqueducts built by the Emperor Justinian
Medusa column bases
Located in the northwest corner of the cistern, the bases of two columns reuse blocks carved with the visage of Medusa The origin of the two heads is unknown, though it is thought that the heads were brought to the cistern after being removed from a building of the late Roman period Tradition has it that the blocks are oriented sideways and inverted in order to negate the power of the Gorgons' gaze
Yerebatan Sarnıcının ingilizce tanıtımı
Yerebatan Sarnıcı hakkında ingilizce bilgi
The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey The cistern, located South 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
History
This subterranean structure's name derives from a large public square on the First Hill of Constantinople, the Stoa Basilica, beneath which it was constructed According to ancient historians, Emperor Constantine constructed a structure which was later rebuilt and enlarged by Emperor Justinian after the Nika riots of 532 It provided water for the Great Palace of Constantinople and other buildings on the First Hill, and continued to provide water to the Topkapi Palace after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 and into modern times
Measurements and data
This cathedralsized cistern is an underground chamber of 143 metres (470 ft) by 65 metres (210 ft), capable of holding 80,000 cubic metres (2,800,000 cu ft) of water, and covering an area of 9,800 square metres (105,000 sq ft) The large space is broken up by a forest of 336 marble columns each 9 metres (30 ft) high The columns are arranged in 12 rows each consisting of 28 columns, spaced 49 metres (16 ft) apart The capitals of the columns are mainly Ionic and Corinthian styles, with the exception of a few Doric style with no engravings
The cistern is surrounded by a firebrick wall with a thickness of 4 metres (13 ft) and coated with a special mortar for waterproofing The cistern's water was provided from the Belgrade Woods—which lie 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city—via aqueducts built by the Emperor Justinian
Medusa column bases
Located in the northwest corner of the cistern, the bases of two columns reuse blocks carved with the visage of Medusa The origin of the two heads is unknown, though it is thought that the heads were brought to the cistern after being removed from a building of the late Roman period Tradition has it that the blocks are oriented sideways and inverted in order to negate the power of the Gorgons' gaze