Replete with Turkish city of Istanbul with many monuments antique which attracts tourists from all over the world, such as what is known as "the palace immersion", a tanker giant was built under the ground to be a reservoir for the supply of old Istanbul and its inhabitants and its army with fresh water in case of siege of the city. The palace is located underwater, which is also known as the "tank Bazeljka", near the mosque and the Museum of Hagia Sophia and Sultanahmet district, was built in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the period from 532 to 542 AD.
Advised of the Turkish Attila Tasci tourists visit the palace decked in the morning after opening its doors to visitors at 09:00 or late in the afternoon, during which time does not flow in which large numbers of tourists to this tank.
The myth of Medusa
Tasci and added: "The Medusa carved heads of the leading tourist attractions in the palace immersion." It was used as a base for two of the supporting columns. During the construction of this tank was forced workers to compensate for rising columns, which is due mostly to the Roman era, through the use of raw materials available in the region.
Due legend Medusa to the ancient Greek civilization, where she was Medusa in the beginning a beautiful girl, but she had sex with Poseidon in the Temple of Athena and this is what made Athens angry, switched to a woman ugly and turned her hair into snakes, and it was all from the looks of her eyes turns to stone.
It covers the floor of the tank layer of clear water to a height of 40 centimeters, and many tourists thrown out of coins, this does not cause any inconvenience to the large fish that swim in the clear water and eat of the bread that is delivered by its tourists.
James Bond
During the era of the sixties of the last century appeared the internal atmosphere of the palace decked for the first time to the public, where the James Bond blasphemy inside the tank through this to get to the secret entrance to the Soviet Consulate during the events of the famous film "From Russia With Love." It was at that time the water level is higher than the current level, and was a layer of mud and silt thicker. During the era of the eighties has been opening the doors of the palace decked in front of tourists after conducting numerous acts of cleaning and renovations overall.
The flow of large numbers of tourists to the palace decked when the temperature rises the Strait of Bosporus, in order to enjoy the refreshing cool air in spite of the presence of some moisture. The cost of entry Bazeljka tank about 10 Turkish lira, featuring tank also offers a fine dining restaurant for tourists delicious foods and beverages that relieve their thirst summer heat.
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