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'''The Yerebatan Cistern''' or '''Basilica Cistern ''' | '''The Yerebatan Cistern''' or '''Basilica Cistern''' is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of [[Constantinople]] in {{wiki|Turkey}}. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 metres) southwest of the [[Hagia Sophia|Hagia Sofia]], was built in the 6th century CE, during the reign of [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] {{wiki|Justinian I|Emperor Justinian I}}.<ref name="wiki">''Wikipedia article on Basilica Cistern''</ref> | ||
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The Yerebatan Cistern or Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Constantinople in Turkey. The cistern, located 500 feet (150 metres) southwest of the Hagia Sofia, was built in the 6th century CE, during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.[1]
History
Niccolò Polo had the first of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Masyaf Keys hidden in the Yerebatan Cistern in 1257. In 1511, the Italian Mentor Ezio Auditore da Firenze entered the cistern via a secret passage in the old Polo trading post, now a bookshop run by Sofia Sartor. There, he found that the Byzantine Templars had been searching for the Key for thirteen months, without success. Ezio stealthily made his way through the Yerebatan Cistern and recovered the Key, as well as a map to the location of the other keys.[2]
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Ezio gazing at the "Peacock-eyed" column.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Basilica Cistern
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations