Cistern of Philoxenos
The Cistern of Philoxenos, or Binbirdirek Cistern, is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul, situated between the Forum of Constantine and the Hippodrome of Constantinople in the Sultanahmet district.
- Museum
- …is also known as “1001 Columns”
- Description: cistern of Byzantine Constantinople
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Square.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand…
480 metres east of Cistern of Philoxenos
Sultan Ahmed Square
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was…
180 metres southeast of Cistern of Philoxenos
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum…
150 metres south of Cistern of Philoxenos
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.
Mollafenari
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Cistern of Philoxenos
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Latitude
41.00761° or 41° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
28.97442° or 28° 58′ 28″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X5F+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = museum
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cistern of Philoxenos” goes by many names.
Binbirdirek CisternArabic
متحف بنبيرديريك سارنيجيArabic
Minbirdirək sarnıcıAzerbaijani
Цистерна на ФилоксенBulgarian
Cisterna de FiloxenCatalan
cisterna de les Mil i Una ColumnesCatalan
菲洛克塞諾斯蓄水池Chinese
菲洛赫诺斯蓄水池Chinese
Basilica van PhiloxenosDutch
Cisterne van PhiloxenosDutch
Κινστέρνα του ΦιλοξένουGreek
Κινστέρνα ΦιλοξένουGreek
1001 oszlopHungarian
Binbirdirek SarnıcıHungarian
Philoxenos ciszternaHungarian
Cisterna di FilossenoItalian
Филоксенова цистернаMacedonian
BinbirdirekcisternenNorwegian Nynorsk
FiloksenoscisternaNorwegian Nynorsk
FiloksenoscisternenNorwegian Nynorsk
Cysterna FiloksenosaPolish
Cysterna Tysiąca i Jednej KolumnyPolish
Цистерна ФилоксенаRussian
BinbirdirekSerbian
Binbirdirek SarnıcıSerbian
Filoksenova cisternaSerbian
Κινστέρνα ΦιλοξένουSerbian
Филоксенова цистернаSerbian
Цистерна 1001 стубаSerbian
Filoksenova cisternaSlovenian
PhiloxenoscisternenSwedish
Binbirdirek SarnıcıTurkish
Filoksenos SarnıcıTurkish
Philoxenos SarnıcıTurkish
Цистерна ФилоксенаUkrainian
Цистерна ФілоксенаUkrainian
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