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Galata

Galata is the former name of the neighbourhood in , which is located at the northern shore of the . The district is connected to the historic district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the .
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Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: neighbourhood of Beyoğlu on the North side of the Golden Horn, often referred to as Pera in the past
  • Also known as: “Karaköy” and “Pera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Galata Tower.

Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , officially the Museum, is a medieval Genoese in the Galata part of the district of , . Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul.

Synagogue
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Kal de los Frankos, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Şair Ziya Paşa Street, north of the , in , , in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bereketzade and Karaköy.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the district of , Turkey, located at the northern part of the mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a quarter in the district of , , running downhill from Galata to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with to the southwest and to the northeast.

Galata

Latitude
41.02529° or 41° 1′ 31″ north
Longitude
28.97279° or 28° 58′ 22″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR GTA
Open location code
8GHC2XGF+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6263066077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
747059
Wiki­data ID
Q501817
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Galata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلطة”
  • Armenian: “Գալաթա”
  • Belarusian: “Галата”
  • Bulgarian: “Галата”
  • Catalan: “Gàlata”
  • Central Kurdish: “گالاتا”
  • Chechen: “Галата”
  • Chinese: “加拉塔”
  • Chinese: “加拉達”
  • Czech: “Galata”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Galata”
  • Dutch: “Galata”
  • Finnish: “Galata”
  • French: “Galata”
  • French: “Péra”
  • German: “Galata”
  • Greek: “Γαλατάς”
  • Greek: “Πέρα”
  • Hebrew: “גאלאטה”
  • Hebrew: “גאלטה”
  • Hebrew: “גלאטה”
  • Hebrew: “גלטה”
  • Indonesian: “Galata”
  • Irish: “Galata”
  • Italian: “Galata”
  • Japanese: “ガラタ”
  • Japanese: “ガラタ地区”
  • Kabyle: “Galata”
  • Kazakh: “Galata”
  • Kazakh: “Галата”
  • Kazakh: “گالاتا”
  • Korean: “갈라타”
  • Ladino: “Galata”
  • Latvian: “Galata”
  • Ligurian: “Galata”
  • Macedonian: “Галата”
  • N'Ko: “ߜ߭ߟߊߕߊ߫”
  • Northern Frisian: “Galata (Türkei)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Galata”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galata”
  • Norwegian: “Galata”
  • Ossetian: “Галата”
  • Persian: “گالاتا”
  • Polish: “Galata”
  • Portuguese: “Gálata”
  • Portuguese: “Sycae”
  • Romanian: “Galata, Istanbul”
  • Romanian: “Galata”
  • Russian: “Галата”
  • Serbian: “Galata”
  • Serbian: “Галата”
  • Serbian: “Пера ин Сика”
  • Serbian: “Пера”
  • Slovenian: “Galata”
  • Spanish: “Galata”
  • Spanish: “Gálata”
  • Spanish: “Karaköy”
  • Swedish: “Galata”
  • Turkish: “Galata”
  • Turkish: “Karaköy”
  • Turkish: “Pera”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґалат”
  • Ukrainian: “Галата”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґалата”
  • Urdu: “غلطہ”
  • Urdu: “گالاتا”

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