Description

Essentials about the Valens Aqueduct in brief

It is quite an experience to drive on Atatürk Boulevard and cross the ancient Valens Aqueduct. The aqueduct is part of an extensive ancient water pipeline that supplied water to the capital of the Byzantine Empire for more than 1500 years. It conducted it from the Belgrade Forest to the fountain complex at Beyazit Square.

The architecture of the Valens Aqueduct

The Valens Aqueduct is two-story and consists of masonry arches set one above the other, varying in height between 18.5 and 26.5 meters. It originally stretched for just over a kilometer between the two hills of Fatih and Eminönü in the European part of the city. Today, only about 800 meters of it remain standing. The parts that no longer exist were destroyed by attacks and earthquakes and restored again and again, for the last time at the end of the 17th century.

The construction of the aqueduct was started during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great from 306 to 337 and completed in 378 under Emperor Valens (hence the name).

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Getting there

By public transport:

Bus lines 28T, 30D, 32T, 33, 33B, 33TE, 33Y, 35, 35C, 41Y, 46H, 46T, 69A, 70FY, 70KY, 71AT, 71T, 72T, 72YT, 73, 73F, 76D, 76E, 76T, 77, 78, 78H, 79E, 79T, 80, 80T, 82, 83O, 85T, 89C, 89T, 92, 92A, 92C, 92T, 93, 93T, 94, 97A, 97GE, 97T, 145M, 145T, 146B, 336 and AVR2: Stop Ist. Büyükşehir Beled

By car:

The Valens Aqueduct crosses the Atatürk Boulevard.