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Image View Description:

Interior: Medusa head bases

Date:

6th century CE

Location:

Istanbul (Turkey)

Location 2:

Sultanahmet

Title Variant:

Yerebatan Sarnici

Work Type:

architecture

Culture:

Byzantine

Creator:

Justinian I

Creator Variant Name:

Justinian the Great

Creator Nationality:

Byzantine

Creator Dates:

482-565

Creator Role:

emperor

Measurements:

453 ft by 212 ft

Photographer:

Serdar Yalcin

Notes:

Originally built in 542 and went through numerous repairs and renovations

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Record ID:

1314_istanbul2013_basilicacistern_vr_03