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Basilica Cistern
When those Byzantine emperors built something, they certainly did it properly! This extraordinary subterranean structure, built by Justinian in AD 532 (perhaps on the site of an earlier cistern), is the largest surviving Byzantine cistern in İstanbul. Now one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, it's a great place to while away 30 minutes or so, especially during summer when its cavernous depths stay wonderfully cool.
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Yedikule Hisari Müzesi
One of the city's major landmarks, it has a history as substantial as its massive structure. In the late 4th century Theodosius I built a triumphal arch here. When the next Theodosius (r 408-50) built his great land walls, he incorporated the arch in the structure.Four of the fortress' seven towers were built as part of Theodosius II's walls; the other three, which are inside the walls, were added by Mehmet the Conqueror.
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