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Fountain Water Tank
ID: TWMRISHP56 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2016

Fountain Water Tank

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View of the water tank under the dome. The bronze dedicatory inscription is in German but written by Ahmed Muhtar Bey.

In 1898 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Istanbul for the second time and provided funds to have this fountain built.