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Tubini Mansion
Tubini Mansion () is an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era mansion in Istanbul, Turkey. Background Bernard Tubini (1826–1889) with his parents and siblings, joining close members of their wealthy banking family, the Genoa, Genoese Tubini family of Chios and of Byzantine Empire, Byzantine heritage, immigrated from the Greek island Syros to Constantinople, today Istanbul. They lived in the beginning in Beyoğlu, Pera, and then moved to around Rumelihisarı, both on the European side of the Ottoman Empire's capital. Finally, they settled in Moda, Kadıköy on the Asian part of the city by building a mansion as a pioneer in a then rural area. He was a banker in Galata, who was involved in financial businesses with the Sultan, via the Ottoman Bank. He also managed an important furniture business in Beşiktaş, where 400 people worked. Mansion Tubini Mansion is located at Mühürdar St. in Moda, Kadıköy, Moda quarter of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built on a ground in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadıköy
Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian side of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. It partially faces the historic city centre of Fatih on the European side of the Bosporus. It is bordered by the districts of Üsküdar, to the northwest, Ataşehir, to the northeast, and Maltepe, Istanbul, Maltepe, to the southeast. Kadıköy was known in classical antiquity and during the Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine eras as Chalcedon (). Chalcedon was known as the 'city of the blind'. The settlement has been under control of many empires, finally being taken by the Ottomans before the fall of Constantinople. At first, Chalcedon was Rural area, rural, but with time it Urbanization, urbanized. Kadıköy separated from the Üsküdar district in 1928. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
