The Historian · Zeynep · Istanbul
Basilica Cistern
Beneath the tourist streets is Byzantine engineering that still works. I never tire of the quiet down there.
Justinian's underground water cistern from 532, a forest of 336 columns beneath the old city.
— Zeynep, The Historian
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