Yai Mak Night Market Jomtien
Yai Mak Market (also known as the Big Market in English) is a recently opened night market located on Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Thailand. It is one of the largest night markets in Jomtien and attracts a variety of visitors including families, locals, and tourists.
The market features a wide range of food stalls offering Thai and international cuisines, and it also includes a mini amusement park for children.
Yai Mak Market is situated close to Soi Welcome, an existing nightlife spot in Jomtien, and has spurred the development of new cafes, restaurants, and bars in the surrounding area.
The market is conveniently located just a 15-minute drive from Pattaya and offers a scenic view of the ocean. It is open daily from 2 PM to 2 AM, providing ample time for visitors to explore and enjoy the market's offerings.
Visitors can find various food options at affordable prices with a lively atmosphere next to the beach.
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The Binbirdirek Cistern (Turkish: Binbirdirek Sarnıcı, also known as the Cistern of Philoxenos), located in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, is the city’s second-largest covered Byzantine cistern after the Basilica Cistern.
This subterranean reservoir, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Areas of Istanbul” (inscribed 1985), once stored up to 40,000 cubic meters of water supplied by the Aqueduct of Valens, serving public and imperial needs during Constantinople’s peak.
With its 224 marble columns (earning the poetic name “Thousand and One Columns”), it offers a quieter, less crowded alternative to the more famous Basilica Cistern, blending atmospheric beauty with profound historical depth.
Historical Significance
Likely built in the 4th century by Roman senator Philoxenos under Emperor Constantine I, or expanded in the 5th–6th century during Justinian I’s reign, it functioned as a castellum divisorium—a distribution point for water from the Aqueduct of Valens ...
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It remains an active mosque, drawing worshippers and tourists for its architectural grandeur and historical significance.
Commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I (1603–1617), it was built between 1609 and 1616 by architect Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, a student of Mimar Sinan. Intended to rival Hagia Sophia (directly opposite), it symbolized Ottoman power and piety after military setbacks.
The mosque sparked controversy for its six minarets, equaling Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram, resolved by adding a seventh minaret to Mecca.
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Built in the 4th century AD, it formed a key part of a vast water supply system that sustained Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) for over a millennium. Spanning a valley in the city’s historic peninsula, it exemplifies Roman hydraulic ingenuity, with its robust limestone arches still standing tall amid urban bustle.
Construction began under Emperor Constantius II around 345 AD, but it was completed in 373 AD by Emperor Valens, after whom it is named. This was just five years before Valens’ defeat at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD, which exposed Thrace to invasions. The aqueduct addressed the growing water demands of Constantinople, founded by Constantine the Great in 330 AD, which had outgrown earlier systems from the Hadrian era (117–138 AD).
The full system stretched up to 268 ...