Belisarius

The ancient palace of Belsaurius (somtimes refferred to as "the sunken city of Belsaurius") was a temple/city/palace. It was constructed by the ancient Greeks at c.300 BC and served as a palace for the Alexander the Great of that time, although originally being constructed for a inner sanctum of the Turkish Merceneries, of that time, being the "Basılmaya Uygun Görünüm". The temple was a homage to Posiden, and thus it was made a water temple. Water flowed through pipes all over the Palace. It contained a audotoriom, where the Palace's owners could watch plays, or disscuss matters.

Construction
With the primitive technology of that time, the difficulty of construction was a profound hinderment of the prodution of this magnificent construct. The primary tool used by the builders was the crane. Similar to the ones used in Egypt and Rome, these cranes were used to lift heavy rocks that the walls were made of. The Head Buliders hired 1000 men working 12 hours a day to complete the Palace in 8 years. There were several deaths in the construction, however none are noted, but the remains of bones have been found nearby the site of the Palace. The top of the Palace is at 100ft below sea level, and the water that resided at the bottom of the pits dug had to be drained. A 30ft bronze staue of Posiden was forged, and was place in the main temple.

Destruction
The Palace was made at about 300BC, and was used for 20 Years before the cellars, which had been made to store wine, flooded. The flood covered all the Palace in less than 1 hour. Very few people escaped, and were trapped as the temple collapsed. Many other parts of the castle were intact. After 8 hours, the sides of the pit that the Palace was dug into collapsed, and the upper part of the Palace was destroyed. The Cave areas were mostly intact too.

Lack of fame
Due to the Palace only being around for 20 years, the palace did not recieve any paintings or peoms, as these were certaintly destroyed. The current positon of the site is unknown, as it could be anywhere in Istanble, or the surrounfing area.