• Thumbnail for Galata Tower
    part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the (lost) Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition...
    12 KB (975 words) - 08:31, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Galata
    Galata is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in Istanbul, which is located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. The district is connected...
    25 KB (2,582 words) - 10:18, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Galata Bridge
    The Galata Bridge (Turkish: Galata Köprüsü, Turkish pronunciation: [ˈɡaɫata cœpɾyˈsy]) is a bridge that spans the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. From...
    17 KB (1,790 words) - 18:28, 19 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul
    Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Galata, French: Eglise Saint Pierre Saint Paul) is a Catholic church in Istanbul, important for historical reasons....
    10 KB (1,106 words) - 01:55, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Karaköy
    Karaköy (redirect from Karaköy, Istanbul)
    [kaˈɾɐcøj]), the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of...
    15 KB (1,322 words) - 11:24, 20 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul
    Nişantaşı and the Neo-Byzantine Karaköy Palas bank building in Karaköy (Galata), Istanbul, as well as the first headquarters of the Türkiye İş Bankası in Ankara...
    6 KB (626 words) - 15:26, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Port of Istanbul
    hotels, the Istanbul Modern art museum, and other cultural and entertainment facilities; and hosts festivals. The construction of Galata Pier began in...
    6 KB (540 words) - 18:27, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
    is Dr. Marcus Graf. It collaborates with Galata Perform in many projects. Genco Gulan established “Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum” as an art project...
    5 KB (448 words) - 09:08, 28 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Beyoğlu
    Beyoğlu (category Districts of Istanbul Province)
    In 1348 the Genoese built the famous Galata Tower, one of the most prominent landmarks of Istanbul. Pera (Galata) remained under Genoese control until...
    40 KB (4,180 words) - 14:09, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata
    Istanbul. It was built in the late 14th century, in the Genoan period, shortly before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. Located in Galata (Karaköy)...
    13 KB (1,025 words) - 03:27, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golden Horn
    Golden Horn (category Landforms of Istanbul Province)
    the Istanbul Metro across the Golden Horn Galata Bridge (its fifth incarnation, completed in 1994), between Karaköy and Eminönü The Eski Galata Bridge...
    18 KB (1,938 words) - 09:05, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Outline of Istanbul
    centers in Istanbul Neighbourhoods of Istanbul Fatih Galata Tourist attractions in Istanbul Museums in Istanbul Pera Museum Shopping areas and markets...
    24 KB (1,436 words) - 23:59, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bankalar Caddesi
    Bankalar Caddesi (category Streets in Istanbul)
    (Voivode Street), in the historic Galata quarter (present-day Karaköy) of the district of Beyoğlu (Pera) in Istanbul, Turkey, was the financial centre...
    12 KB (992 words) - 20:32, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Istanbul
    the historic peninsula of Istanbul on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, across the medieval Genoese citadel of Galata on the northern shore. The...
    221 KB (21,526 words) - 09:51, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Istanbul Tram
    historic centre of Old İstanbul. From Sultanahmet, the T1 line continues to Sirkeci Terminus and Eminönü (quays), across the Galata Bridge over the Golden...
    22 KB (2,327 words) - 10:42, 3 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tünel
    Tünel (redirect from Istanbul Tunel)
    (modern day Beyoğlu) and Galata (modern day Karaköy) had become the financial and commercial heart of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) and the Ottoman Empire...
    12 KB (1,067 words) - 10:43, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Demographics of Istanbul
    Throughout most of its history, Istanbul has ranked among the largest cities in the world. By 500 CE, Constantinople had somewhere between 400,000 and...
    41 KB (3,858 words) - 18:15, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eminönü
    Eminönü (category Transit centers in Istanbul)
    is located in the part of Istanbul known as the historical peninsula, connected to Karaköy (historic Galata) via the Galata Bridge across the Golden Horn...
    17 KB (1,856 words) - 06:00, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arap Mosque
    Arap Mosque (category Mosques converted from churches in Istanbul)
    1492 and settled in the Galata neighborhood of Istanbul (hence its current name, Arab Mosque). The building lies in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district, in the...
    13 KB (1,407 words) - 08:51, 27 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Occupation of Istanbul
    Italian troops landed in Galata on 7 February 1919. Allied troops occupied zones based on the existing divisions of Istanbul and set up an Allied military...
    38 KB (4,072 words) - 09:24, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Istanbul
    by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE....
    51 KB (5,902 words) - 01:20, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul
    still in use. The edifice lies in Istanbul, in the district of Beyoğlu, in the neighborhood of Karaköy (ancient Galata), almost at the border with Tophane...
    13 KB (1,288 words) - 23:08, 4 July 2022
  • dramatization of Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi's reported flight across the Bosphorus from Galata. The film takes place in the 17th century. Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi and Lagâri...
    6 KB (642 words) - 17:12, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries
    interior Ottoman Bank building in Galata, Istanbul (1890) Londra Hotel in Istanbul (1891) Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul (1895) Pera Palace Hotel interior...
    64 KB (7,242 words) - 19:38, 24 June 2024
  • S.K. Galata, a district in Istanbul Galata Tower, a medieval tower located in that district Galata Bridge, a medieval stone tower in the Galata This disambiguation...
    1 KB (185 words) - 17:54, 7 October 2013
  • Church, Zürich Münster Schaffhausen Payerne Rüeggisberg Priory Galata Tower, Galata, Istanbul Saint Pantaleon church, Shevchenkove Saints Borys and Hlib Cathedral...
    37 KB (3,712 words) - 19:43, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of districts of Istanbul
    2009 local elections.   Asian Side   European Side Pera (now Beyoğlu) and Galata in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a part of the Municipality...
    21 KB (366 words) - 23:36, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul
    near the Galata Tower in Karaköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only currently active Ashkenazi synagogue in Istanbul open to visits...
    4 KB (244 words) - 00:21, 29 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
    Ana in Turkish) in Galata, it was decided to transfer the headquarters of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate from Kayseri to Istanbul. In the same session...
    18 KB (1,617 words) - 18:44, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Architecture of Istanbul
    demographics. The Galata Bridge had become a connection between the oriental and occidental (southern and northern) parts of the European side of Istanbul. The Bosphorus...
    23 KB (3,340 words) - 22:57, 18 October 2023