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The '''Cistern of Mocius''' was one of the several hundred cisterns underneath the city of [[Constantinople]]. | The '''Cistern of Mocius''' was one of the several hundred cisterns underneath the city of [[Constantinople]]. | ||
==History== | |||
When Byzantium, renamed [[Constantinople]], became the capital of the Roman Empire, it soon had more inhabitants than it could supply with the water of its wells and the little river west of it. So, large cisterns were built. One of these, built by the emperor Anastasius I (491-518) on the Seventh Hill, was the '''Cistern of Saint Mocius''', named after a saint who was venerated in a nearby church. It is the youngest of the great cisterns. In Turkish, it is called Altı Mermer ("the seven marbles"). | |||
It measured about 175 x 145 meters and was not covered (unlike, for example, the Basilica Cistern). Today, it has been converted into the Fatih Educational Park, but the ancient walls are still standing. | |||
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Revision as of 22:25, 13 November 2011
The Cistern of Mocius was one of the several hundred cisterns underneath the city of Constantinople.
History
When Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, became the capital of the Roman Empire, it soon had more inhabitants than it could supply with the water of its wells and the little river west of it. So, large cisterns were built. One of these, built by the emperor Anastasius I (491-518) on the Seventh Hill, was the Cistern of Saint Mocius, named after a saint who was venerated in a nearby church. It is the youngest of the great cisterns. In Turkish, it is called Altı Mermer ("the seven marbles").
It measured about 175 x 145 meters and was not covered (unlike, for example, the Basilica Cistern). Today, it has been converted into the Fatih Educational Park, but the ancient walls are still standing.
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