This underground reservoir was built to supply Istanbul in the event of a shortage and to meet growth in demands due to an expanding population.... sound familiar, anyone?
It was built in the sixth century A.D. by the the Byzantine Emporer Justinian. It held 27 million gallons of water.
To put this in perspective, the Washington metro area uses about 400 million gallons per day, on average, although summertime use can get up in the 700s.
The columns were mostly recycled from Roman ruins from other parts of the city.
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This is actually quite interesting. I'll have to put this on my things-to-see when I go there !
You can easily spend a week in Istanbul.
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