Balıkhane
District of İstanbul
İstanbul - Turkey

Blachernae

Blachernae was a suburb in the northwestern section of Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire. It was the site of a water source and a number of prominent churches were built there, most notably the great Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Panagia Blacherniotissa), built by Empress Pulcheria in circa 450, expanded by Emperor Leo I (r. 457–474) and renovated by Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) in the 6th century.

Located at 41.0339, 28.9403 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Quarters and suburbs of Constantinople

Bulgarian St. Stephen Church

The Bulgarian St Stephen Church (Bulgarian: Църква „Свети Стефан“; Turkish: Sveti Stefan Kilisesi), also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, famous for being made of cast iron. The church belongs to the Bulgarian minority in the city.

Located at 41.0319, 28.9497 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Istanbul, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Religious buildings completed in 1898, 19th-century church buildings, Golden Horn, Fatih

USS Thornback (SS-418)

USS Thornback (SS-418), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark family with a long pointed snout and a sharp spine at the end of each dorsal fin, native to northern Atlantic waters ranging from the temperate to the Arctic. Her keel was laid down on 5 April 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Peter K.

Located at 41.0415, 28.9478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Tench-class submarines, Ships built in Maine, 1944 ships, World War II submarines of the United States, Cold War submarines of the United States, Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy, Tench-class submarines of the Turkish Navy, Museum ships in Turkey, Museums in Istanbul

Chora Church

The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora (Turkish Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church) is considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church. The church is situated in Istanbul, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood, which lies in the western part of the municipality of Fatih. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the church was converted into a mosque and, finally, it became a museum in 1948.

Located at 41.0311, 28.9392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1080s architecture, Churches in Istanbul, Museums in Istanbul, Byzantine sacred architecture, Byzantine art, Constantinople, Fatih, Religious museums in Turkey, Byzantine museums in Turkey

Palace of the Porphyrogenitus

The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Greek: τὰ βασίλεια τοῦ Πορφυρογεννήτου), known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı ("Palace of the Sovereign"), is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople. An annex of the greater palace complex of Blachernae, it is the only Byzantine palace to survive in the city, and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine secular architecture in the world.

Located at 41.0339, 28.9403 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Istanbul, Byzantine palaces, 13th-century architecture, Constantinople, Fatih, Visitor attractions in Istanbul

Balat (Istanbul)

Balat is the traditional Jewish quarter in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the old city on the historic peninsula, on the western bank of the Golden Horn. (Another Istanbul neighborhood deeply associated with Jewish settlement is Kuzguncuk on the Asian shore. ) The name Balat is probably derived from Greek palation (palace), from Latin palatium, after the nearby Palace of Blachernae.

Located at 41.0328, 28.9456 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jewish ghettos in Europe, Jewish communities in Turkey, Neighbourhoods of Fatih

Phanar Greek Orthodox College

Phanar Greek Orthodox College (Turkish: Özel Fener Rum Lisesi), known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation (Greek: Μεγάλη του Γένους Σχολή) is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in Istanbul, Turkey. The school, like all minority schools in Turkey, is a secular school.

Located at 41.029, 28.949 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Istanbul, Educational institutions established in the 15th century, Education in the Ottoman Empire, Fatih, Golden Horn, Modern Greek Enlightenment, High schools in Istanbul, Ottoman Greeks, School buildings completed in 1883, Eastern Orthodox schools

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos (Greek: Θεοτόκος ἡ Παμμακάριστος, "All-Blessed Mother of God"), in 1591 converted into a mosque and known as Fethiye Mosque (Turkish: Fethiye Camii, "mosque of the conquest") and today partly a museum, is one of the most famous Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey.

Located at 41.0292, 28.9464 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Istanbul, Museums in Istanbul, 1310s architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Byzantine art, Constantinople, Fatih, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Architecture in Turkey, Byzantine museums in Turkey

Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul

Ahrida (Ohrid) Synagogue is one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in Balat, the Jewish quarter, of the city.

Located at 41.0328, 28.9456 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Synagogues in Istanbul, 15th-century synagogues, Golden Horn, Fatih, Romaniote Jews topics, Synagogues in the Ottoman Empire

Defterdar Mosque

The Defterdar Mosque, or in long form the Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque (Turkish: Defterdar Camii, Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Camii), is a historical mosque located in Eyüp, Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Defterdar Nazlı Mahmut Efendi (c. 1500-1546) and built by architect Mimar Sinan in 1542 ("defterdar" was the head of the financial department in Ottoman Empire).

Located at 41.042, 28.9376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1542, Mosques in Istanbul, Mimar Sinan buildings, Eyüp

Kefeli Mosque

The Kefeli Mosque (Turkish: Kefeli Câmîi, meaning "the mosque of the Caffariotes", after the inhabitants of the city of Caffa in Crimea, or also Kefeli Mescidi, where Mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque) is a former Eastern Orthodox church, later jointly officiated by Roman Catholics and Armenians, and finally converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The Catholic Church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Its date of dedication as Eastern Orthodox church is unknown.

Located at 41.0294, 28.9417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Byzantine sacred architecture, Fatih

Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque

Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Hırami Ahmet Paşa Mescidi) is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The small church, one among the 36 dedicated to Saint John the Baptist in Constantinople, was part of a monastery bearing the same name. Its full name was Saint John the Forerunner by-the-Dome (Greek: Ἃγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος ἐν τῷ Τρούλλῳ, Hagios Ioannis ho Prodromos en tō Trullō).

Located at 41.0279, 28.9458 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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12th-century architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Fatih

Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Atik Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named Hazreti Cabir Camii) is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The dedication of the church is obscure. For a long time it has been identified with the church of Saints Peter and Mark, but without any proof. Now it seems more probable that the church is to be identified with Saint Thekla of the Palace of Blachernae .

Located at 41.0386, 28.944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1050s architecture, 1510s architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Fatih, Golden Horn

Maalem Synagogue

Maalem Synagogue is a synagogue located on the slopes overlooking the Golden Horn near the Jewish old age home in the Hasköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only remaining open synagogue in an area that once had many Jewish residents. The synagogue is open for visits only during weekdays. Shabbat services are held regularly.

Located at 41.0406, 28.9536 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Synagogues in Istanbul, Golden Horn, Beyoğlu

Aynalıkavak Palace

Aynalıkavak Palace is a former Ottoman palace located in the Hasköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I (1603-1617), with various additions and changes over time. It is under the administration of the Turkish Department of National Palaces.

Located at 41.0379, 28.9553 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ottoman architecture, Imperial residences in Turkey, Museums in Istanbul, Golden Horn, Ottoman palaces, Beyoğlu

Ayvansaray, Istanbul

Ayvansaray is a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih and part of the walled city. It lies between the southern shore of the Golden Horn, the Blachernae section of the Walls, and the neighborhoods of Balat and Edirnekapı. It corresponds to the old quarter of Blachernae. The name Ayvansaray ("High Palace") hearkens back to the Palace of Alexios I Komnenos (now disappeared), which was part of the complex of Blachernae.

Located at 41.0383, 28.9425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Fatih, Golden Horn, Romani communities in Turkey

Mayor Synagogue, Istanbul

Mayor Synagogue is a former synagogue in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. According to historian Lorans Tanatar Baruh, the synagogue was built in the Byzantine era and was called Mayor because it was the largest in the neighborhood. According to an unspecified historian, however, the synagogue was built 300 to 500 years ago by Jews from Majorca. (According to historian Jak Deleon, in the 1950s there was a Mayorka Synagogue in Hasköy.

Located at 41.0397, 28.9514 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Synagogues in Istanbul, Golden Horn, Beyoğlu, Billiard halls

Karaite Synagogue (Istanbul)

The Karaite Synagogue (Turkish: Karahim Sinagogu, Karaim Sinagogu) is a synagogue in the Hasköy district of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.

Located at 41.04, 28.9527 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Synagogues in Istanbul, Golden Horn, Karaite synagogues

Hasköy, Istanbul

Hasköy (compound name made up of Has, meaning fine, select and Köy, village) is a quarter on the northern bank of the Golden Horn in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It includes the officially defined neighborhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce. The words denote an "imperial village" and refer to the pavilions and gardens once there belonging to the Ottoman sultan and his court.

Located at 41.0397, 28.9497 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Beyoğlu, Golden Horn

Kırmızı Minare Mosque

Kırmızı Minare Mosque (Red Minaret Mosque) is a mosque in the Hasköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It was probably built in 1591 by Kiremitçi Ahmet Agha and so is also known as the Kiremitçi Ahmet Agha Mosque. It received the name "Red Minaret" because of its red brick minaret. The building was restored in 1889 and 1994.

Located at 41.0419, 28.9508 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Mosques in Istanbul, Golden Horn

Prison of Anemas

The so-called Prison of Anemas is a large Byzantine building attached to the walls of the city of Constantinople. It is traditionally identified with the prisons named after Michael Anemas, a Byzantine general who rose in unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and was the first person to be imprisoned there. The prison features prominently in the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire, when four Byzantine emperors were imprisoned there.

Located at 41.0385, 28.9408 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Byzantine secular architecture, Byzantine military architecture, Constantinople, Buildings and structures in Istanbul, Defunct prisons in Turkey

557 Constantinople earthquake

The 557 Constantinople earthquake took place on the night of 14 December. This great earthquake, described in the works of Agathias, John Malalas and Theophanes the Confessor, caused great damage to Constantinople, then capital of the Byzantine Empire, and a region frequently afflicted with earthquakes. More minor quakes had preceded the large event, including two in April and October respectively. The main quake in December was of unparalleled ferocity, and "almost completely razed" the city.

Located at 41.03, 28.95 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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557, 6th-century earthquakes, 6th century in the Byzantine Empire, Earthquakes in Turkey, Constantinople

Edirnekapı, Istanbul

Edirnekapı is a neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih and belongs to the walled city. It corresponds roughly to the central part of the sixth Hill of Istanbul, which is the highest point of the walled city. It lies south of the Blachernae section of the Walls and of the neighborhood of Ayvansaray, north-west of Karagümrük and west of Salmatomruk. The quarter corresponds to the Byzantine quarter of Deuteron.

Located at 41.0311, 28.9392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Fatih, Golden Horn

Bogdan Saray

Boğdan Sarayi (Turkish for "Palace of Bogdania ") was an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey. Erected in the Byzantine era, its original dedication is unknown. In the Ottoman era the small edifice, being dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, was known as Agios Nikólaos tou Bogdansarághi (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος τοῦ Βογδανσαράγι). and was part of the Istanbul residence of the Moldavian hospodar′s legation to the Ottoman Porte.

Located at 41.0298, 28.9421 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fatih, 14th-century architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Byzantine art, 14th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, History of Moldavia (1504-1711)

Toklu Dede Mosque

Toklu Dede Mosque (Turkish: Toklu Dede Mescidi, where mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque), was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was originally a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication. It was almost completely destroyed in 1929.

Located at 41.0395, 28.9425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fatih, 12th-century architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Byzantine art, 12th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Churches in Istanbul, Golden Horn, Buildings and structures demolished in 1929