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What Petrus Gyllius might have seen with the fish living in the Cistern Basilica
An unassuming building and long lines mark the surface level location of the Basilica Cistern
Inside the Basilica Cistern after it has been cleaned for modern use, with its magnificent columns, modern lighting, and pathways.
A view of the Bosphorus Strait from the Galata Tower, Istanbul 2009
A picture of the Seal of the East India Company, which had evolved by 1860.
An engraving of the Basilica Cistern by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, from his “A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture”
A picture of a modern-day shop within the Spice Market.
A picture of a modern-day shop within the Spice Market.