Ancient site· Fatih, İstanbul

Çukurbostan

Çukurbostan is a ancient site in Fatih, İstanbul; The Cistern of Aspar (Great Cistern), known in Turkish as Sultan Selim Çukurbostanı, was a Byzantine open-air water reservoir in Constantinople.

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The Cistern of Aspar (Great Cistern), known in Turkish as Sultan Selim Çukurbostanı, was a Byzantine open-air water reservoir in Constantinople. Together with the Cistern of Aetius and the Cistern of Mocius, it is one of the three open-air cisterns of Istanbul.

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