CHURCH BUILDING
Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Galata
Istanbul · Roman Catholic
- Locality
- Istanbul
- Tradition
- Roman Catholic
- Type of place
- CHURCH BUILDING
- Coordinates
- 41.02474° N, 28.97295° E
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History: Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Galata
The Dominican church of Saints Peter and Paul stands below Galata Tower. Its present building was reconstructed in 1841–1843 to a design by Gaspare Fossati, following earlier churches damaged by fires. The Dominican community’s history in Galata reaches back much further than this nineteenth-century structure. A courtyard separates the church from the street, while the sanctuary contains a Hodegetria icon associated with Caffa in Crimea.
An interesting detail
Part of the church’s rear wall incorporates the old Genoese fortifications of Galata.