Basilica Cistern

The water of the cistern, in which 7 thousand slaves worked, was brought from the Eğrikapı water distribution center in the Belgrade forests, 19 kilometers away from the city, with the help of the 971-meter-long Valens (Bozdoğan) aqueduct built by Emperor Valens in (368) and the 115.45-meter-long Mağlova Aqueduct built by Emperor Justinian. The majority of the columns in the cistern are cylindrical, except for a few that are angular or grooved. Among these columns, the one decorated with the repetition of Peacock Eye, Drooping Branch and Tear shapes in carved and relief form attracts particular attention. This column is from IV. It is similar to the columns in the triumphal arch of the great Theodesius (379-395) from the 16th century.

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