Yerebatan Sarayi - Turkey

Kimi · 01:04 PM

The Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı - "Sunken Palace", or Yerebatan Sarnıcı - "Sunken Cistern"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey. The cistern, located South West of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

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Kewl Place !!

patch01

You can always pick Eastern Roman/Byzantine architecture, just something about it.......

bottle

really nice.. modern buildings seriously lack immagination

patch01

Originally Posted by bottle

really nice.. modern buildings seriously lack immagination

You're right mate, modern architecture, is often built with minimalism as its central theme and while I've got no issue with that, older buildings, eg: those in the Edwardian/Victorian style etc etc are often more attractive....

HRH Prince Charles once got a caning from the idiots in the press for saying exactly that, only to subsequently be proved correct.... Idiot press, God how I despise them all

gaan

This cathedral-sized cistern is an underground chamber of 143 by 65 meters, capable of holding 80,000 cubic meters of water. The large space is broken up by a forest of 336 marble columns each 9 meters high. Curiously, in the base of two of these columns are carved the head of a Medusa.

bottle

Originally Posted by patch01

You're right mate, modern architecture, is often built with minimalism as its central theme and while I've got no issue with that, older buildings, eg: those in the Edwardian/Victorian style etc etc are often more attractive....

HRH Prince Charles once got a caning from the idiots in the press for saying exactly that, only to subsequently be proved correct.... Idiot press, God how I despise them all

I dont mind minimalism , some new buildings are tastefully done thats great but they account for hardly 2-3%. We need more art around us seriously