It was built and forgotten by the Byzantines. It's construction made use of repurposed Roman columns from around Istanbul and held upwards of 27,000 gallons of water.
It is probably most famous cinematically for its appearance in James Bond's, From Russia with Love, but all I could think of was the subterranean temple of Medusa from Clash of the Titans.
There is even two Medusa heads hidden at the back of the Cistern supporting 2 smaller collumns. Evidently, they needed to boost up two slightly shorter columns to match the others.
Sad to see a statue relegated to being a stepstool.
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