Samatya

Coordinates: 41°00′N 28°56′E / 41.000°N 28.933°E / 41.000; 28.933
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Samatya quarter of Istanbul during the Ottoman period
Aerial view of the Yedikule Fortress, Yedikule neighbourhood and the Samatya quarter in the background
Church of Saint Menas of Samatya

Samatya (

Marmara Sea, and borders to the west on the neighborhood of Yedikule
(the "Castle of the Seven Towers").

Etymology

The name originates from the Greek word psamathion (Ψαμάθιον), meaning "sandy", because of the great quantity of sand found in the quarter.[1]

History

About 383 AD, the first monastic institution was established in Constantinople, at Psamatheia, at that time still outside the walled city.[2]

Up to recent times, Samatya was mostly inhabited by

Eastern Orthodox church which dates back to before the Ottoman conquest,[3] and by Greeks, who have the churches of Hristos Analipsis and Haghios Menas.[4]

The quarter was destroyed in 1782 by one of the largest fires of Istanbul ever recorded.[3]

Samatya today

In Samatya there is also an important public hospital, the Istanbul Educational and Research Hospital İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi.

Samatya has a station (named "Kocamustafapaşa") on the

Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme
.

Notable personalities

References

  1. ^ Janin (1964), p. 418
  2. ISBN 0-9714139-2-4
  3. ^ a b c Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 200
  4. ^ Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 186

Sources

  • Janin, Raymond (1964). Constantinople Byzantine (in French) (2 ed.). Paris: Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines.

41°00′N 28°56′E / 41.000°N 28.933°E / 41.000; 28.933

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