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The Sette Sale. The Seven Halls, or Sette Sale, is the name of the complex of cisterns located on the Oppian Hill, Rome.The name comes from the fact that, when the complex was noted in the mid-eighteenth century, only seven chambers were recognised.
An archaeologist investigating a chultún Entrance to chultún at Xunantunich. A chultún (or chultun, plural: chultunob' or chultúns) is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica.
Brachycephalus pulex, also known as the Brazilian flea toad and the Serra Bonita flea toad, is a species of small frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. It is one of more than 40 named species within the genus Brachycephalus. B. pulex is the smallest known vertebrate, with an average length of 7.10 millimetres (0.280 in) in mature males.
The cisterns were not only places for storing the city's water but were also "purgatori" — places for purifying the water. Water entered the reservoir from the Acquedotto Leopoldino through layers of gravel and carbon, a method of filtration which was later replaced by a more modern chlorine treatment system. The later removal of the gravel ...
The final suspect pleaded guilty in February of 1993 to hindering prosecution and received a sentence of 1 ½ to 4 ½ years in prison. He was also released to parole in 1996 and ultimately ...
The cistern was restored by Justinian I in the 6th century, after the Palace of Lausus was completely destroyed in a fire in 475. After the conquest of the city by the Ottomans in 1453, the cistern fell into disuse, and was forgotten until rediscovered during the construction of Fazli Pasha's palace on the same site in the 17th century.