The Basilica Cistern, also called the Yerebatan Sarayi or Yerebatan Sarnýcý, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that still lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey.
This cathedral-sized cistern is an underground chamber of 140 by 70 metres, capable of holding 80,000 cubic metres of water. The large space is broken up by a forest of 336 marble columns each 9 metres high. Curiously, the base of one of these columns is carved into the head of a medusa.
The cistern was used as a location for the James Bond film From Russia With Love.
| Location | Istanbul (Turkey) | Picture name | 3944_DSCF0149.JPG |
| Picture size | 800x601 pixel, 77,077 bytes | Date | Saturday, June 4, 2005 |
| Exposure Time | 10/40 (0.2500 s) | Focal Length | 970/100 (9.70 mm) |
| ISO Speed Ratings | 200 | Aperture | f/2.8 |
| Make | FUJIFILM | Model | FinePix S602 ZOOM |
| Exposure Mode | Auto Exposure | Exposure Program | Normal program |
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