Guide 04 of 29
Basilica Cistern
İstanbul
A walk inside a fifteen-hundred-year-old reservoir, among three hundred and thirty-six columns. Twelve stops, about twenty-two minutes.
Stops12
Duration13min
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The Weeping Column
Hagia Sophia · northwest corner
That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.
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