Şişhane
Şişhane is an underground station on the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro. The station is located under Meşrutiyet Street in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Şişhane has an entrance to Istanbul's famous İstiklâl Caddesi as well as entrances to Kasımpaşa.Photo: Danbury, Public domain.
Photo: Dennis Sylvester Hurd, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in İstanbul, Turkey
- Also known as: “Şişhane (Istanbul Metro)”, “Şişhane Metro Station”, “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul”, “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul (Istanbul Metro)”, and “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul Metro Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Horn and Galata Tower.
Golden Horn
Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Galata Tower
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is a medieval Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. 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. Galata Tower is situated 320 metres southeast of Şişhane.
The Jewish Museum of Turkey
Museum
Photo: Leandrostr, Public domain.
The Jewish Museum of Turkey is a Jewish museum and cultural center established by the Quincentennial Foundation to inform the society of the traditions and history of Turkish Jewry. The Jewish Museum of Turkey is situated 170 metres south of Şişhane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galata and Bereketzade.
Galata
Quarter
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
Galata is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in Istanbul, which is located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. The district is connected to the historic Fatih district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the Galata Bridge.
Karaköy
Quarter
Karaköy, the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.
Şişhane
- Categories: underground station, interchange station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.02827° or 41° 1′ 42″ northLongitude
28.97272° or 28° 58′ 22″ eastOperator
Metro IstanbulNetwork
Istanbul MetroOpen location code
8GHC2XHF+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 7721147948OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q19613987
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Şişhane” goes by many names.
- French: “Şişhane”
- Japanese: “シシハーネ＝ゼミン・イスタンブール駅”
- Korean: “시시하네”
- Persian: “شیشانه (متروی استانبول)”
- Persian: “شیشانه”
- Turkish: “Şişhane (İstanbul Metrosu)”
- Turkish: “Şişhane Metro İstasyonu”
- Turkish: “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul (İstanbul Metrosu)”
- Turkish: “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul Metro İstasyonu”
- Turkish: “Şişhane-Zemin İstanbul”
- Ukrainian: “Шишхане”
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Notable Places Nearby
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