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A photograph of the aqueduct in 1856.
The aqueduct depicted in painting by British artist W. H. Bartlett.
A woodcut showing the aftermath of the 1509 earthquake of Constantinople.
A view of the Valens Aqueduct from the 1990s.
A mysterious Medusa head pays homage to Greek mythology within the cistern.
An engraving of the Basilica Cistern by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, from his “A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture”
A rendering of the Great Palace of Constantinople, one of the sites the the Basilica Cistern provided water to during Byzantium times
A map from 1922 of Istanbul, Turkey.
A map showing where the Great Palace once stood, the Hagia Sophia, and where the Basilica Cistern would be
A still image of the room 411 Agatha Christie suite in the Pera Palace hotel.