Cistern of Mocius
The Cistern of Altımermer Çukurbostanı ("sunken garden of Altımermer"),[1] was the largest Byzantine open-sky water reservoir built in the city of Constantinople.[2]
Location
The cistern is located in
Marmara Sea
.
History
According to the
Description
The cistern has a rectangular plan with sides 170 metres (560 ft) long and 147 metres (482 ft) wide, and covers an area of 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft): this makes of it the largest cistern ever built in Constantinople. .
See also
References
- ^ a b Müller-Wiener, p. 279
- ^ a b c d e Janin, p. 205
- ^ a b c Mamboury (1953), p. 326
- ^ Janin (1964, p. 33
- ^ a b Altun (2009), p. 142.
- ^ "Fındıkzade Çukurbostan Şehir Parkı Yeni Haliyle Hizmetinizde..." www.fatih.bel.tr (in Turkish). Fatih Belediyesi. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ Eyice (1955), p. 86.
Sources
- Mamboury, Ernest (1953). The Tourists' Istanbul. Istanbul: Çituri Biraderler Basımevi.
- Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul. Petite Guide à travers les Monuments Byzantins et Turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.
- Janin, Raymond (1964). Constantinople Byzantine (in French). Paris: Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines.
- ISBN 978-3-8030-1022-3.
- Altun, Feride Imrana (2009). Istanbul'un 100 Roma, Bizans Eseri (in Turkish). Istanbul: Istanbul Buyukșehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş. Yayınları. ISBN 978-9944-370-76-9.
Further reading
- Crow, J. (2015). "The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople". History of Istanbul. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- Mango, Cyril (1995). "The Water Supply of Constantinople". In Mango, Cyril; Dagron, Gilbert (eds.). Constantinople and its Hinterland. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 9–18. ISBN 9781315259567.
- Ward, K. A.; Crapper, M.; Altuğ, K; Crow, J. (2017). "The Byzantine Cisterns of Constantinople" (PDF). Water Supply. 17 (6). London: IWA Publishing: 1499–1506. .