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Cisterns Description
Northwest of the square in Yerebatan Street in Istanbul is the entrance to the Yerebatan Sarayi (Underground Palace), a huge underground cistern (now lit by electricity) built in the time of Justinian (sixth century). It is the largest of Istanbul's cisterns, 140m/150yds long by 70m/75yds across, with 336 columns set in 12 rows.
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