--- title: "Basilica Cistern · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/place/basilica-cistern-plc_J56HKKM73TY15GFQWM5X3PAEFM" updated: null --- # Basilica Cistern · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Basilica Cistern · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/place/basilica-cistern-plc_J56HKKM73TY15GFQWM5X3PAEFM) attraction # Basilica Cistern Vast underground cistern built by Justinian in 532 to store the city's water, the largest and best-known of the hundreds constructed. Go here together [Make a plan together](https://openvibe.fun/plans/new?place=Basilica+Cistern&city=Istanbul&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fbasilica-cistern-plc_J56HKKM73TY15GFQWM5X3PAEFM&lat=41.0081&lon=28.9778) [Add to Our places](https://openvibe.fun/places/new?place=Basilica+Cistern&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fbasilica-cistern-plc_J56HKKM73TY15GFQWM5X3PAEFM) A date poll for your people, or a shared list of places you want to see. ![Basilica Cistern](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQS2N2P81D3JS77F4MDNF) Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACisterna_Bas%C3%ADlica%2C_Estambul%2C_Turqu%C3%ADa%2C_2024-09-28%2C_DD_58-60_HDR.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) 2 more photos - ![Basilica Cistern, photo 2 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPW5DVM6TE0KC3XDQV787V?w=640) Photo: unknown, woocut after Cornelius Loos (1686-1738) · Public domain · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARinaldo1715.jpg) - ![Basilica Cistern, photo 3 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z1KYXBCDTY4EKVYZFDGVXE?w=640) Photo: Cistern\_basilica\_plan.png: Marsyas / \*derivative work: Malyszkz ( talk ) · CC BY 2.5 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACistern_basilica_plan.svg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5) - [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.0081&mlon=28.9778#map=16/41.0081/28.9778) - **Admission not confirmed**check before you go ## Why go It's a cathedral-like space with 336 richly decorated columns. Time was you explored in a little rowing boat, but tourist numbers have soared and water levels have dropped, so now you follow a boardwalk, with lights, piped music and art installations. It's sometimes a film location, and stages concerts. But the crowds rob it of atmosphere and you might prefer to seek out one of the less-visited cisterns. Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Istanbul/Historical_Peninsula) ## How to visit Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel. ## Come back later Ask for a reminder on the day you want to go. Remind us on a date ## See it live [Stream it from here](https://openvibe.live/broadcast?place=Basilica+Cistern&place_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fbasilica-cistern-plc_J56HKKM73TY15GFQWM5X3PAEFM&title=At+Basilica+Cistern) No public streams or clips from here yet. Stream it and you are the first: OpenVibe.Live opens its go-live setup, and you choose when to start. ## Nearby 1. ![Hagia Sophia](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQS8GV90S1HA2YNXX1385?w=640) ### [Hagia Sophia](/place/hagia-sophia-plc_FAA5YTZMH7E15XZ19XW9M1DGFC) attraction Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHagia_Sophia_Mars_2013.jpg) 2. ![Sultanahmet Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRHETYYSQ0PFTBV820S9?w=640) ### [Sultanahmet Mosque](/place/sultanahmet-mosque-plc_7Z34J2SQ8KM1PAH3XM0DE2WG93) attraction Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AExterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg) 3. ![Topkapı Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRHJKNCKVGGZFCGF82F4?w=640) ### [Topkapı Palace](/place/topkap-palace-plc_P49W4QFC76C4BMH74743AZC6NM) attraction Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATopkapi_Palace_Seen_From_Harem.JPG) 4. ![St George's Cathedral](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRVG1ERQH7WA7E9BTWGW?w=640) ### [St George's Cathedral](/place/st-george-s-cathedral-plc_CYPA8RT9P9XFFY8XH1N2XEKP0M) attraction Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AChurch_of_St._George%2C_Istanbul_%28August_2010%29.jpg) 5. ![Süleymaniye Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRT06T10W7MK6R1Y3AWZ?w=640) ### [Süleymaniye Mosque](/place/suleymaniye-mosque-plc_2RG6K22Z3M5C4ZJSBRQ88QAYRD) attraction Photo: Hunanuk · CC0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AS%C3%BCleymaniyeMosqueIstanbul_%28cropped%29.jpg) 6. ![Dolmabahce Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQS04H9HJ445PPM1GF0N7?w=640) ### [Dolmabahce Palace](/place/dolmabahce-palace-plc_19GKZDXT7Z9G2EAM189BQTTN5D) attraction Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APalacio_de_Dolmabah%C3%A7e%2C_Estambul%2C_Turqu%C3%ADa%2C_2024-09-29%2C_DD_24.jpg) ## On these routes 1. 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