A huge open-air Byzantine reservoir begun in 459 by the general Aspar, later an Ottoman vegetable garden and village. The site is now a park and sports fields, with walls 5.2 m thick built in alternating bands of brick and stone.
- Address
- Fener / Çukurbostan (Fatih)
- Hours
- Hours not verified
- Best time to go
- Any time · About 30 min
- Price
- Price not verified
- Price level
- ₺₺
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- It is next to the Yavuz Selim Mosque, between Sultan Selim Caddesi and Yavuz Selim Caddesi, on the fifth hill above the Golden Horn.
- Look for the opus listatum bands of five brick and five stone courses in the surviving walls.