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Turkey These pictures are from an April 2009 visit to Istanbul, "Gateway to The East." --- Use the left and right arrow keys to navigate between photos. Click on the large picture to enter full screen view, and click anywhere on the full screen photo to return to this page. Feel free to leave comments below. Also, don't forget to rank the photos you like!

This other-worldly cistern underneath Istanbul was built in 532 AD to provide water to the Byzantine palace. Despite its immense size (it could swallow a football field whole), it was lost to memory for centuries. Eventually it was rediscovered by chance in the 16th century.

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This other-worldly cistern underneath Istanbul was built in 532 AD to provide water to the Byzantine palace. Despite its immense size (it could swallow a football field whole), it was lost to memory for centuries. Eventually it was rediscovered by chance in the 16th century.

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