Kuledibi

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Area directly under Galata Tower

Kuledibi ("foot of the tower" in Turkish) is a quarter of İstanbul's Beyoğlu district. The term is generally used to describe the surrounding areas around the Galata Tower. The region extends to the streets parallel to Voyvoda Street in the south, Okçu Musa Street in the west (forming the upper part of Bankalar Caddesi), Yüksek Kaldırım Street in the east, Tımarcı Street and Şahkulu Street in the north.[1]

Palazzo del Comune (

Levantines
that were living in İstanbul at the time.

Kuledibi, which was called La Kula ("The Tower") by

İstanbul's Jewish community.[1] The Camondo Steps, a pedestrian stairway designed with a unique mix of the Neo-Baroque and early Art Nouveau styles was also built by Ottoman-Venetian Jewish banker Abraham Salomon Camondo.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Kuledibi, Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, c. 5, s. 114-115, İstanbul, 1994.
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  4. ^ "Camondo Steps on the Bankalar Caddesi". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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