Istanbul’s overseers have long taken pride in providing for the thirsty, as witnessed by the hundreds of Ottoman-era public drinking fountains that dot the city. Some are elaborate shrines to drinking water, with ornately carved facades and broad eaves to shade pedestrians. Other fountains are simple rectangles set into walls, with a spigot and a basin.
Most of them, however, are dry after decades of disrepair — cracked or filled with trash, their stone or marble marred with graffiti, their taps sometimes missing. Some are barely visible behind parked cars or piled-up construction material.
Free Public Drinking Water From Old Istanbul Fountains - Bloomberg
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