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title: Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople
author: marcus_jb1973
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1140/binbirderek-cistern-constantinople/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople

_Authored by marcus_jb1973_

## Image File

[![Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1140.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1140.jpg)

## Image Caption

Part of the Binbirderek cistern or Cistern of Philoxenos under Istanbul (formerly [Constantinople](https://www.worldhistory.org/Constantinople/)) first built in 330 CE to hold the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/)'s water reserves which were fed by conduits and [aqueducts](https://www.worldhistory.org/aqueduct/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
marcus\_jb1973. (2013, April 09). Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1140/binbirderek-cistern-constantinople/>
### Chicago
marcus\_jb1973. "Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 09, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1140/binbirderek-cistern-constantinople/>.
### MLA
marcus\_jb1973. "Binbirderek Cistern, Constantinople." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Apr 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1140/binbirderek-cistern-constantinople/>.

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