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The Basilica cistern Istanbul with Bill Smale Adventures.

the basilica cistern Istanbul is one of the main attractions which is not inexpensive to enter, something like €27, but they have fixed it up so it does create an interesting tourist attraction that you might be interested in seeing. I didn’t find any more fish here so I guess they cleaned them out.

me in the cistern
Just to prove I was here
Orientation for cistern touristS
There are quite a few groups entering. From the exit you can see them getting an orientation
Water provider architecture
With the series of lights and reinforcements the government has really created something interesting out of a long forgotten underground structure for providing water to various large structures such as the main Christian Church turned mosque and the Topkapi palace.
An added sculpture
They added a sculpture in the center
Reinforcement of the basilica cistern
Turkey is subject to earthquakes so this reinforcement and preservation is necessary
Inscribed column
Some of the columns have inscriptions
Ceiling design
The ceiling is a very interesting structure and design
Reinforcement and basilica ceiling
Basilica cistern Istanbul
More of the ceiling from farther away
Reconstruction on the cistern
There was a lot of repair necessary
Green lighting
Here you see one type of lighting which will change
Creating a shadow
And see how it changes to another light and an interesting shadow
A funny skeletal sculpture
This kind of looks like Medusa’s skeleton
A lot of money
This is all over the cistern so I wonder if they clean out all this cash. I suspect many of these coins are donated by visitors who don’t want to take coins back to their country
Me in the cistern
More proof I was there
Blue green lighting
Interesting lighting
Time to leave
This was the end so time to leave