Valens Aqueduct
The Bozdoğan Su Kemeri, or Bozdoğan Aqueduct, is the surviving backbone of a vast Roman water system that fed Constantinople. Its most visible stretch, the Valens Aqueduct, began under Constantius II and was completed in 373 under Valens, delivering water across the hills to the old city. Today, the 921‑metre-long arcaded bridge spans the valley between what are now the sites of Istanbul University and the Fatih Mosque, the former Church of the Holy Apostles, with arches crossing Atatürk Boulevard. The aqueduct’s first phase drew water from springs at Danımandere and Pınarca, joining at Dağyenice, and extended in a later 5th‑century phase to sources around Vize, widening the system to roughly 268 kilometres in its initial form and adding about 451 kilometres more. …
AI-generated from open data and cross-checked, with review where noted. How we write narrations
🎧 Listen in WayWhisper
