Cisterns
Significant historic "cisterns" (Large Covered Reservoirs) where they can be visited.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Al Zubarah | Excavations have revealed a large cistern for storing water. (AB ev) | |
| Ancient Merv | at Beni Makhan Mosque | |
| Ancient villages of Northern Syria | Relatively sophisticated hydraulic elements have been identified, notably large communal cisterns. (AB ev) | |
| Bagerhat | The quality of the infrastructures - the supply and evacuation of water, the cisterns and reservoirs, the roads and bridges - all reveal a perfect mastery of the techniques of planning and a will towards spatial organization. (unesco website) | |
| Berat and Gjirokastra | A large cistern in the centre of Berat Castle | |
| Biblical Tells | ||
| Brimstone Hill Fortress | Three underground water cisterns | |
| Caceres | "the five-nave reservoir with three bays, incorporated into the Casa de las Veletas in the 16th century" | |
| Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | ||
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | Remains of cisterns in Velia | |
| Dougga/Thugga | ||
| Fortifications of Vauban | Two cisterns to hold rain water are part of the fortified town of Longwy | |
| Istanbul | Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarayı). Next to Hagia Sophia. Was built during reign of Justinian I | |
| Kairouan | Aghlabid Cisters are inclused in Zone III of the inscription | |
| Konso | water reservoirs - Hardas (AB ev) | |
| Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ | some 200 cisterns of various shape and size (nom file) | |
| Mapungubwe | On top of Mapungubwe Hill | |
| Masada | "To the early phase (c 35 BCE) belong ... several large cisterns, .." (AB evaluation) | |
| Matera | ||
| Mazagan | Manueline (late Gothic) Cistern in the fortress | |
| Medina of Sousse | Sofra cisterns | |
| Meknes | "Within are the palace with its ... water storage cisterns" (unesco website) | |
| National History Park | Sans Souci | |
| Necropolis of Bet She'arim | The Sih cave was used as a water cistern during the British mandate period (AB ev) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | The Herodian road which ran alongside the Temple Mount, includes ancient cisterns | |
| Panamá | "Ajibe" reservoir at Panama Viejo | |
| Paquimé | The House of the Wells takes its name from the large storage cistern (now backfilled for reasons of safety) in one of its plazas that was fed from the common network (AB ev) | |
| Petra | Um al Beira (Mother of Cisterns) receives it name from a series of water cisterns that are found on the top of the mountain | |
| Qalhat | southern extra-muros cistern (AB ev) | |
| Rani-ki-Vav | ||
| Risco Caido | troglodyte cisterns (AB ev) | |
| Rome | Excavations underneath the area of the Trevi Fountain | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | ||
| Sceilg Mhichíl | As there is no fresh water supply on Skellig Michael, the monks devised a sophisticated method of water collection to serve their needs. Two water cisterns were constructed within the inner enclosure of the monastery and a third a little to the west. (see link) | |
| Seville | Alcazar | |
| Siena | ||
| Sintra | Moorish Cistern at Castelo dos Mouros | |
| Stari Grad Plain | ||
| Uxmal | At Uxmal and Kabah | |
| Wartburg Castle | The centre of the lower courtyard is occupied by a cistern. | |
| Xochicalco | ... includes a large rainwater cistern that formed part of a complex water system covering the whole settlement (AB ev) |
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