Renaissance engineering was fairly spectacular. The Große Zisterne (“Large Cistern” or “Great Well”) is the equivalent of a massive rainwater barrel. Interconnected shafts were built to channel and collect rainwater from surrounding buildings into a 16-meter deep basin. Its overall capacity is 900,000 liters. The cistern was created 10 years

Continue readingLarge Cistern & Bell Tower, Schlossberg, Graz, Austria