The Cistern
After exiting the Hagia Sophia, Jake suggested we see the cisterns...and so we did. They're just a few steps away...and a completely different experience. Once you pay to get in, you descend a few floors and the first thing you notice is the difference in temperature...which drops about 10-20 degrees. There are 336 pillars holding up the roof of the cistern...and most of them are illuminated with colored uplights...making for a beautiful sight. At the end of the building are two unusual columns...featuring the heads of Medusas (at the base of the columns..not the top, which means they must have been submerged in water all the time). One of them is upside down, and the other is sideways. Very weird..but very cool.
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