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ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑΜΗΜΟΝΑΝΟΨΙΝ

June 09, 2025

In terms of palindromes, this one may be the record. Engraved on a washing fountain (the fiali) that used to exist externally to the Imperial Cathedral in Constantinople, the phrase translates from Greek to “Wash your sins, not only your face”.

Since the fountain was circular, a person could read the phrase whether they walked clockwise or counterclockwise around the fountain.