YEREBATAN SARNICI, BAZİLİKA CISTERN. EMİNÖNÜ / İSTANBUL
Birinci Jüstianos tarafından 6. yy da,532 yılında yaptırılmıştır. İstanbul'un en büyük kapalı sarnıcıdır. Stoa Bazilikasının altında yer aldığı için, Bazilika Sarnıcı olarak da adlandırılır.Dikdörtgen biçiminde olan sarnıcın genişliği 70 m, uzunluğu ise 140 m dir.İç kısmına 52 basamaklı bir merdivenle inilir. Sarnıcın içerisinde her biri 9 m. yüksekliğinde olan 336 sütun bulunmaktadır.Birbirine uzaklığı, 4.80 m aralıklarla dikilen sütunlar, her sırada 28 adet ve 12 sırayı meydana getirir. Sütunlar içerisinde, kabartma ve oyma halinde tavus gözü, sarkık dal ve gözyaşı şekillerinin tekrarıyla süslenmiş olan sütun dikkatleri çekmektedir.Sarnıcın kuzeybatı köşesindeki iki sütunun altında kullanılan iki medusa başı,Roma Cağı heykel sanatının örneklerindendir.Uzun yıllar İstanbul'un su ihtiyacını karşılamıştır. Günümüzde tarihi eser olarak halka açılan Sarnıç da görsel şölenler,ışık gösterileri, özel efektler,konserler ve etkinlikler yapılmaktadır. Yerebatan Sarnıcı İstanbul'un Eminönü semtinde Sultanahmet Bölgesinde yer almaktadır.
BASILICA CISTERN
In the Depths of History
One of the magnificent ancient buildings of İstanbul is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sofia. Constructed for Justinianus I, the Byzantium Emperor (527-565), this big underground water reservoir is called as “Yerebatan Cistern” among the public because of the underground marble columns. As there used to be a basilica in the place of the cistern, it is also called Basilica Cistern.
The cistern is 140 m long, and 70 m wide, and covers a rectangular area as a giant structure. Accessible with 52-step staircase, the Cistern shelters 336 columns, each of which is 9 m high. Erected at 4.80 m intervals from one another the columns are composed of 12 rows, each has 28 columns. The case-bay of the cistern is conveyed by the columns through arches. Majority of the columns, most of which is understood to have been compiled from the ancient structures and sculpted of various kinds of marbles, is composed of a single part and one of it is composed of two parts. The head of these columns bear different features in parts. 98 of them reflect the Corinthian style and part of them reflect the Dorian style. The cistern has 4.80 m high brick walls, and the floor is covered by bricks, and plastered by a thick layer of brick dust mortar for water tightness. Covering 9,800 sqm area in total, the cistern has an estimated water storage capacity of 100,000 tons.
BASILICA CISTERN
In the Depths of History
One of the magnificent ancient buildings of İstanbul is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sofia. Constructed for Justinianus I, the Byzantium Emperor (527-565), this big underground water reservoir is called as “Yerebatan Cistern” among the public because of the underground marble columns. As there used to be a basilica in the place of the cistern, it is also called Basilica Cistern.
The cistern is 140 m long, and 70 m wide, and covers a rectangular area as a giant structure. Accessible with 52-step staircase, the Cistern shelters 336 columns, each of which is 9 m high. Erected at 4.80 m intervals from one another the columns are composed of 12 rows, each has 28 columns. The case-bay of the cistern is conveyed by the columns through arches. Majority of the columns, most of which is understood to have been compiled from the ancient structures and sculpted of various kinds of marbles, is composed of a single part and one of it is composed of two parts. The head of these columns bear different features in parts. 98 of them reflect the Corinthian style and part of them reflect the Dorian style. The cistern has 4.80 m high brick walls, and the floor is covered by bricks, and plastered by a thick layer of brick dust mortar for water tightness. Covering 9,800 sqm area in total, the cistern has an estimated water storage capacity of 100,000 tons.

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