Basilica Cistern
Name of Building
Basilica Cistern
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Istanbul, Turkey
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Constructed: 6th century CE
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Patron: Justinian I
Culturally Specific Time Period
Byzantine
Geo-Location
41.008821189307525, 28.9778887288357
Materials
Marble
Steel, concrete
Size and/or Scale of Building
138 meters x 65 meters
9,800 square meters in area
Capable of holding 80,000 cubic meters of water
Architectural Type
Public
Image source
Image 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cisterna_Bas%C3%ADlica,_Estambul,_Turqu%C3%ADa,_2024-09-28,_DD_73-75_HDR.jpg
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Student First and Last Name
Brittany Lumanlan Martin
Citation
Patron: Justinian I, “Basilica Cistern,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/168.
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