Yerebatan Cistern
is really Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı), Istanbul, Turkey
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Ezio reaches it through a secret passage under Sofia's bookshop, looking for one of the Masyaf Keys.
The real place
A 6th-century cistern from Justinian's reign, known for its forest of columns and two Medusa-head bases.
Visiting
Buy tickets online and expect queues in the middle of the day.
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