The churches in Galata/Pera
SITUATION MAP...........
Saint François church, Franciscain monastery destroyed inside Galata slope and fist Genoevese city.
Saint François church, Franciscain monastery destroyed inside Galata slope and fist Genoevese city.
Saint Georges catholic church, Sen Jorj
Katolik Latin kilisesi, was first founded around III century destructed by
fire in 1660 and 1696. The reconstruction was partly financed by king Louis XV,
in 1731. It was belonging to different congregations up to Austrian one today
since 1882.
The Church of Saint
Peter and St. Paul (architect Gaspare Fossati) : Dominicans
established themselves in Galata in 13th century and built the church of St.
Paul at the foot of the hill (converted to Arab cami in 1475), then moved upper
hill in 1603, then church was rebuilt 5 times! A monastery and an Dominican
Study Institute is located in the same place. 
The Church of
Saint Benoit : Benedictine monastery established
in the district of Galata, founded under the tutelage of the Republic of Genoa,
under the name of Sainte-Marie de la Miséricorde from 1362 to 1427, then
under name of Saint-Benoît, affiliated to the Mont Cassin Congregation
from 1449/1450, the community ceased to exist in 1478, but a prosecutor
remained there until 1555. The old Saint-Benoît Monastery was occupied by
Dominicans from 1555 to 1560; by Franciscans from 1560 to 1583; then became the
Maison Saint-Benoît des Jésuites from 1583 to 1773, and finally the Maison
Saint-Benoît des Lazaristes up to today...Lycée
Saint-Benoît is inside the complex. The church was erected above an abandoned
Byzantine monastery...
St. Louis of the French (Saint Louis des
Français), is one of the
oldest Catholic churches in the city. Arrived in 1626 by the Capuchins
install themselves inside the Palace of France (ambassy) in Pera. The actual church was destroy and rebuilt 4 times...
The Sainte-Marie-Draperis Catholic
church built in 1584 then was practically rebuilt by the Franciscans after the
fire of 1871 (architects Fossati), helped by Caliph Abdülhamit. Archives
register from 1660...
Holy Trinity church, Eglise Sainte Trinite
(Surp Yerrortutyun ) was built in 1770 is near Oddakule in Istiklal street,
became Armenian church around 1855.The Calvinist temple behind the Palace of Holland is the oldest Protestant building in Istanbul and was an important centre for Protestant missionaries.
Inside the Swedish palace there is still a Protestant temple. It is frequented by the Greek Lutheran community.
Crimean Protestant temple, Kumbaracı Yokuşu, was built to commemorate the Crimean War in which the English, Piedmontese and French had participated in helping the Ottomans, constructed between 1858 and 1868.
Holy Saviour (Saint Jesus the Savior) "Saint Sauveur" and Surp Hisus Pirgiç in Turkish, Armenian Catholic Church was built in 1834, is located on Kemeralti Cadessi, Karakoy.
Saint John Chrypostoma church, Surp Hovan Vosgeperan, Eglise Saint-Jean le Précurseur, Another important Armenian Catholic church near from Taksim Square, behind the French consulate.
Panaya Isadorion is a Greek Orthodox church is located between Galatasaray Tepebaşı.
L’Eglise des Trois-Autels (Üç Horan Ermeni Kilisesien) is a grégorienne arménian church built in 1810, inside the fish market.
Russian orthodox church Saint Pantaléon in Karaköy, built in 1872.
Russian orthodox church Saint-Elie in Karaköy - Aya İlyas rus kilisesi - closed since 10 years.
Saint Joseph Orphanage and Saint Eugéne church from "soeurs de la charité", Galata / Tomtom.Spanish consulate chapel of "Terre-Sainte" located in Tunel.