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Magic of Basilica Cistern "Sunken Palace", Istanbul, Turkey
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı – "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı – "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (that is formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
The cistern was used as a location for the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love. In the film, it is referred to as being constructed by the Emperor Constantine, with no reference to Justinian, and is located under the Soviet (now Russian) consulate. Its real-life location is a considerable distance from the consulate, which is in Beyoğlu, the "newer" European section of Istanbul, on the other side of the Golden Horn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtwNzF1BP8
Magic of Basilica Cistern "Sunken Palace", Istanbul, Turkey
The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı – "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı – "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (that is formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 m) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
The cistern was used as a location for the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love. In the film, it is referred to as being constructed by the Emperor Constantine, with no reference to Justinian, and is located under the Soviet (now Russian) consulate. Its real-life location is a considerable distance from the consulate, which is in Beyoğlu, the "newer" European section of Istanbul, on the other side of the Golden Horn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtwNzF1BP8