In 2005, a millionaire built an amazing aquarium fence around his luxury Villa in Turkey. The giant fish tank contains hundreds of fish and has become a huge tourist attraction.
A decade ago, Mehmet Ali Gökçeoğlu replaced the metal fence at the front of his property with a 50 meter-long aquarium filled with hundreds of fish and octopuses. Located just a few feet away from the shores of the Aegean Sea, Mehmet Ali Gökçeoğlu's property has become one of the most popular tourist spots in Çeşme. It attracts up to a thousand visitors a day, according to its owner. The villa itself is pretty impressive, but it's not what draws so many people to this place. They come to see the aqua-fence.
Building the transparent structure was the easy part of the project. The hard part was linking the aqua-fence to the Aegean through a 400 meter-long buried pipeline, so the water could be changed continuously to keep the aquarium looking clean and its inhabitants happy. Gökçeoğlu hired a team of private divers to perform the task and ended up paying approximately 40,000 Turkish Lira ($21,000) to fulfill his dream. The businessman says seeing people line up outside his house staring at his creation makes it all worthwhile.
To make sure no one comes close enough to damage his fragile fence or steal some fish, the owner set up a surveillance network of 17 cameras with facial recognition. Visitors can look, take photos and record videos, but getting too close will probably set off some kind of alarm.
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