A cistern is a container for collecting and storing water. It can be large or small, underground or above-ground, and ...

The cistern has been inscribed on the national heritage list, the official added. The term Ab-Anbar is common throughout Iran as a designation for roofed underground water cisterns. It associates with ...

The Basilica Cistern is Istanbul's largest surviving Byzantine cistern and one of its most unique historic sites. Constructed in 532 for Justinian I, this sprawling underground water reservoir ...