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Valens Aqueduct

The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Roman aqueduct supplying Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Also known as: “Aqueduct of Valens”, “Bozdoğan Kemeri”, and “Valentinian aqueduct”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Molla Zeyrek Mosque.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Mosque
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Monastery of the Pantokrator is a large on the Fazilet Street in the Zeyrek district of in , overlooking the . It represents the best example of Middle Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. is situated 430 metres northeast of Valens Aqueduct.

Mosque
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The is a 16th-century Ottoman in Saraçhane park, district, , Turkey. Built in 1550 on behalf of Emin Nuretti Efendi, qadi 'asker of Egypt, it is named for its spiraling brick minaret, a copy of a Seljuq design that is unique in Istanbul. is situated 210 metres southeast of Valens Aqueduct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vefa and İskenderpaşa.

Quarter
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is part of the district of in , and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of .

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood of , , Turkey, lying between and . It is known for its large textile wholesaling business and is home to the Literature and Science Faculties of Istanbul University, designed by Sedad Hakkı Eldem and Emin Onat in the 1940s.

Valens Aqueduct

Latitude
41.01616° or 41° 0′ 58″ north
Longitude
28.95517° or 28° 57′ 19″ east
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Height
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X84+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23276526
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­aqueduct
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q952924
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Valens Aqueduct” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قناة بوزدوغان”
  • Arabic: “قناة فالنس”
  • Armenian: “Վալենտի ակվեդուկ”
  • Armenian: “Վալենտի աքվեդուկ”
  • Armenian: “Վալենտի ջրանցույց”
  • Armenian: “Վաղեսի ջրանցույց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bozdoğan kəməri”
  • Belarusian: “Акведук Валента”
  • Catalan: “Aqüeducte de Bozdoğan”
  • Catalan: “aqüeducte de Valent”
  • Catalan: “Aqüeducte de Valent”
  • Catalan: “Aqüeducte Valente”
  • Chinese: “瓦伦斯水道桥”
  • Chinese: “瓦倫斯水道橋”
  • Croatian: “Valensov akvadukt”
  • Croatian: “Valensov akvedukt”
  • Czech: “Valensův akvadukt”
  • Dutch: “Aquaduct van Valens”
  • Esperanto: “Valens-akvedukto”
  • French: “aqueduc de Valens”
  • French: “Aqueduc de Valens”
  • Georgian: “ვალენტის აკვედუკი”
  • German: “Aquädukt des Valens”
  • German: “Valens-Aquädukt”
  • Greek: “Υδραγωγείο του Δύναμο”
  • Greek: “Υδραγωγείο του Ουάλεντος”
  • Hebrew: “אמת המים של ואלנס”
  • Hebrew: “אקוואדוקט ואלנס”
  • Hungarian: “Valens-akvadukt”
  • Indonesian: “Akuaduk Valens”
  • Italian: “acquedotto di Valente”
  • Italian: “Acquedotto di Valente”
  • Italian: “Acquedotto Valente”
  • Japanese: “ヴァレンス水道橋”
  • Lithuanian: “Valens akvedukas”
  • Lithuanian: “Valento akvedukas”
  • Macedonian: “Аквадукт Валенс”
  • Persian: “آب‌راهه والنس”
  • Polish: “Akwedukt Walensa”
  • Portuguese: “Aqueduto de Valente”
  • Russian: “Акведук Валента”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valensov akvadukt”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valensov akvedukt”
  • Slovenian: “Valensov akvadukt”
  • Spanish: “Acueducto de Valente”
  • Swedish: “Valensakvedukten”
  • Turkish: “Bozdoğan Kemeri”
  • Turkish: “Bozdoğan Su Kemeri”
  • Turkish: “Bozdoğan Sukemeri”
  • Turkish: “Hadrianus Kemeri”
  • Turkish: “Kırkçeşme Kemeri”
  • Turkish: “Valens Kemeri”
  • Turkish: “Valens Su Kemeri”
  • Ukrainian: “Акведук Валента”
  • Urdu: “والنس آبراہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valens Aqueduct”. Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.