Cistern
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A cistern in Istanbul, apparently cobbled together from spare parts. This used to be the city’s water supply, it would fill to the ceiling with water delivered via the aqueducts.
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The Emperor Justinian built this cistern among others under the city of Istanbul. The hundreds of marble columns were salvaged from nearby sites, so each one is different. It is wonderfully cool inside on a hot summer’s day. Moslems must drink running water, so most of Istanbul’s population have never availed themselves of the water in Justinian’s cisterns.
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Poor Medussa was salvaged from a nearby site to support one of the columns in Emperor Justinian’s Cistern near the Hippodrome in Istanbul.
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Istanbul Turkey. The Cistern was constructed for the storage of water for the Great Palace. It was built during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, around 532 AD
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Taken from a morning boat ride on the Ganges river in the holy city of Varanasi, India. The river is sacred, yet polluted to the point that it is considered septic. I got lucky to have both the old boat and copper vessel add color and depth to the shot.
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The cistern has removed itself from the wall here, probably just due to the weight as that thing is made of cast iron and there and was only held on to the wall by a couple of bolts. Thankfully this made for another unique toilet shot, just when i thought i was running out of inventive ways to shoot them!
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This is a pic of the Roman Basilica Cisterns under Istanbul, Turkey. They are very cool!
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And there she is, another mandatory toilet shot. I’ve had a few people ask me what the fascination is with these, so i shall explain. I partake in a few communities of other explorers, and in most explores there will be shots and items that everyone there seems to take. What became even more apparent is that if there was a toilet or a telephone then people could just not help taking a picture of them, so it has become somewhat of a tradition now to ironically take a shot of a toilet and telephone, if available, on every explore you do. This one intrigued me anyway as it had such a strange cistern to it.
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While in Istanbul, Turkey, we visited the underground cistern, the famous one. This is one of the two heads of Medusa that is there, built at the base of the columns holding up the cistern ceiling, which is the outside’s ground.
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The Cistern contains; the Fountain overflows – William Blake -The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Istanbul, Turkey / See more images from Turkey HERE
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Istanbul, Turkey The Basilica Cisterns cover an extensive area (underground). Although in every direction, the lighting and atmosphere varies considerably.. Ambient lighting. Camera on little bendy tripod…. on the ground. Very long exposure- Raw, 100 ISO / See more images from Turkey HERE
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colour photography
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Situated in the basement of the Veletas House, in Caceres, Spain. The existence of a cistern in houses long ago was essential for domestic usage in the provision of drinkable water reservoir and sometimes they were lavishly decorated. These were often used in Roman and Visigothic homes. Aljibe árabe de la época almohade (S.XII). Está situado en el sótano de la Casa de las Veletas. Está construido con materieles de pobladores anteriores como visigodos y romanos. La existencia del aljibe en las viviendas de antes era muy importante, ya que proporcionaba una imprescindible reserva de agua sanitaria para el uso doméstico y a veces artesanal.
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If anyone can tell me what this is, I would greatly appreciate it. I know it is meant to hold holy water for you to use when entering or exiting the church, (which is why I called it a cistern) but I don’t know the technical or I guess in this case religious term for it. I apologize to any Catholics in advance for my ignorance.
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The cistern was built by Byzantines in the 6th century under the reign of Justinian in Constantinople (Istanbul). Located in the underground near to the Hagia Sophia, the cistern is also known as “Basilika Cistern” or “Sunken Palace” (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarayı). © Photo by Jens Helmstedt
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Oil on canvas, 24×30
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One of two Medusa heads in the 14-centuries-old cistern. The origin of the two heads is unknown, though it is thought that the heads were brought to the cistern after being removed from a building of the late Roman period. Tradition has it that the blocks are inverted in order to negate the power of the Gorgons’ gaze. / (wikipedia )
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Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas. May 2004 From stockyardsmuseum.org For the drovers heading longhorn cattle up the Chisholm Trail to the railheads, Fort Worth was the last major stop for rest and supplies. Beyond Fort Worth they would have to deal with crossing the Red River into Indian Territory. Between 1866 and 1890 more than four million head of cattle were trailed through Fort Worth, which was soon known as “Cowtown.” Cowtown soon had its own disreputable entertainment district several blocks south of the Courthouse area known all over the West as “Hell’s Half Acre”. / When the railroad finally arrived in 1876, Fort Worth became a major shipping point for livestock. This prompted plans in 1887 for the construction of the Union Stockyards about two and one half miles north of the Tarrant County Courthouse. It went into full operation about 1889. Minolta Maxxum 600si, Sigma 28 to 300 / Fuji 100 film
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Umm al-Jimal – Jordan Theses arches are what’s left of the ceiling of a water cistern, in a ruined city dating back to the roman and byzantine periods (beginning of the 1rst mill. AD) in the desert between Syria and Jordan. / This area was particularly important in Antiquity, as all the caravans crossing the arabian desert to join south Arabia were originating, or ending, there. Featured in Heritage in Stone
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