The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
Basilica Cistern
It's infrastructure built like a cathedral. The Byzantines made a water tank you'd cross town to photograph.
A 6th-century underground water cistern — a submerged forest of 336 columns lit low over black water beneath the old city.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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