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Cisterna Basilica

Cisterna Basilica is a building in , . Cisterna Basilica is situated nearby to , as well as near the mosque .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern.

Mosque
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, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a . is situated 140 metres east of Cisterna Basilica.

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The , or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of , . The cistern, located 150 metres southwest of the on the historical peninsula of , was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 300 metres southwest of Cisterna Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of within the district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.

Cisterna Basilica

Latitude
41.0086° or 41° 0′ 31″ north
Longitude
28.9783° or 28° 58′ 42″ east
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X5H+C8
Geo­Names ID
6947652
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