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The pool of Bethesda at Jerusalem. On the right, the remains of a Byzantine church.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bible, Byzantine monumens, Churches, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Mosques, Palestine, Pool of Bethesda

Plan and section of the ancient theatre of Delos with details of the retaining wall. In centre right (to the south of the theatre), plan of cistern and reconstruction of its roof.

Tags: Aegean islands, Ancient theatre of Delos, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Irrigation systems, Plans and drawings

1. Plan of the stadium or hippodrome on Mount Lykaion, Arcadia. 2, 3. Remains of wall at the site. 4. One of the stone bassins of the cistern (rectangular room) at the northern end of the eastern side of the stadium.

Tags: Ancient stadiums, Arcadia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Mount Lykaion, Mountains, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Stadium of Mount Lykaion, Walls

1. Ottoman fountain at Pylos. 2. Water cistern at Pylos. 3. Entrance to Niocastro, Pylos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castle of Pylos (Niokastro), Castles and fortresses, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Human types, Messenia, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Pylos

Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Crete, Greece, Irrigation systems, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments

A, B, C, D: Details from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius at the Byzantine Hippodrome, Istanbul. E, F, Column capital from Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. G, H, I. Part of ark and column capitals from the church of Saint Benedict, Istanbul. J. Column and column capital from Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Benedict / Santa Maria della Cisterna (Saint Benoit Latin Katolik Kilisesi), Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Thrace, Turkey

Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Damascus, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Inns, Kteifa, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

The Pools of Solomon at Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bethlehem, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Holy Land, Palestine, Solomon's Pools (Bethlehem)

1. Section of Çukur Bostan, a system comprised of seven open-air cisterns of the Byzantine era. 2. Elevation and vertical section of one of the walls of Çukur Bostan. 3. Columns, plans and architectural features from Philoxenos Cistern, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Çukur Bostan, Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Elevation of the colonnade of a reservoir near Philoxenus Cistern, Istanbul. 2. Plan of said reservoir. 3. Vertical section of Egri Kapi reservoir. 4. Vertical section of Pera reservoir, at the site of modern-day Taksim square, named after the cistern (Taksim = cistern). 5. Plan of Pera reservoir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Egir Kapi reservoir (Istanbul), Irrigation systems, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Pera reservoir (Istanbul), Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

A modern structure erected on the site of the ancient cistern in Val di Noto, southeastern Sicily.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Enna, Human types, Italy, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sicily, Southern Italy, Val di Noto

Pool of Siloam.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pool of Siloam, Religious practices, Views

Well in an Ottoman garden in Koroni.

Tags: Animals, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Gardens, Greece, Horses, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Wells, Women

Cistern at ancient Thera, Santorini.

Tags: Aegean islands, Ancient Thera, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Cyclades, Greece, Santorini

Columm capital from Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine monuments, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey

Cistern of Philoxenos in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Cistern of Philoxenos / Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of pool in Ramla.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Holy Land, Israel, Ramla

The pool in which according to tradition Saint John Theologian baptized Christians.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Basilica of Saint John (Selçuk / Ephesus), Cisterns / Reservoirs, Ephesus, Holy Scripture, Ionia, Turkey

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine monuments, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Water deposit and fountain in Kambos, Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kambos (Chios)

Garden in Kambos, Chios.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Chios, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Gardens, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Kambos (Chios), Wells

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