Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Medusa column base. Detail.

6TH CENTURY A. D. • 6TH CENTURY • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT HISTORY • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANIMALS • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ART • ARTS • BASE • BASILICA CISTERN • BASILICA • BASIS • BIZANCIO • BIZANTINO EMPIRE • BLOCK • BYZANTINE EMPIRE • BYZANTINE • BYZANTIUM • CASTLE • CHURCH • CHURCHES • CISTERN • CITY • CLASSIC • COLUMN BASE • COLUMN • COLUMNAR • COLUMNS • CONSTANTINE I • CONSTANTINE THE GREAT • CONSTANTINE • CONSTANTINOPLA • CONSTANTINOPLE • CORNER • CULT • DETAIL • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • ECCLESIA • EUROPA • EUROPE • FACE • FEMALE • FEMALES • FORTRESS • GREAT PALACE • GRECO • GREEK • GREEKS • HAIR • HAIRS • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • INDOOR • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INVERTED • ISTANBUL • JUSTINIAN I • JUSTINIAN • LEGEND • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MEDUSA • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MONSTER • MOYEN AGE • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NORTHWEST • PALACE • PALACIO • PALAIS • PALAZZO • PELO • PERSON • PILAR • PILLAR • PLACE • REIGN • REPTILE: SNAKE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN • ROMANO • SARAYBURNU • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SERPENT • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • STATUE • STATUES • STRUCTURE • SUBTERRANEAN • SUNKEN • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • TURKEY • TURKISH • TURQUIA • UNDERGROUND • URBE • VILLAGE • VISAGE • WATER TANK • WATER • YEREBATAN SARAYI • YEREBATAN SARNICI