Kuledibi ("''foot of the tower''" in Turkish) is a quarter of İstanbul's

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the o ...

district. The term is generally used to describe the surrounding areas around the

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 t ...

. The region extends to the streets parallel to Voyvoda Street in the south, Okçu Musa Street in the west (forming the upper part of Bankalar Caddesi), Yüksek Kaldırım Street in the east, Tımarcı Street and Şahkulu Street in the north.''Kuledibi'', Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, c. 5, s. 114-115, İstanbul, 1994. Palazzo del Comune ( Ceneviz Sarayı), which was built in 1316 and served as the administrative center of the Genoese colony in İstanbul is one of the main buildings in Kuledibi quarter. Sankt Georg Church, Hospital and School ( Avusturya Lisesi), Church of SS Peter and Paul, Şehsuvar Bey Masjid and Beyoğlu Göz Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi are other major structures around

. Architecture of Kuledibi, especially buildings that was constructed before 20th century, exhibits varying degrees of influence from Italian

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that were living in İstanbul at the time. Kuledibi, which was called ''La Kula'' ("The Tower") by

Judeo-Spanish Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading ...

speakers, had a dense Jewish population until the 1950s.

Neve Shalom Synagogue The Neve Shalom Synagogue (; ) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Büyük Hendek Caddesi 61, in the Karaköy quarter of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, in the Istanbul Province of Turkey. History The synagogue was built i ...

and Terziler Synagogue are the two temples that still serve the İstanbul's Jewish community. The Camondo Steps, a pedestrian stairway designed with a unique mix of the

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and early

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styles was also built by Ottoman-Venetian Jewish banker

Abraham Salomon Camondo Count Abraham Salomon Camondo (1781, Istanbul – 30 March 1873, Paris) was a Jewish Ottoman-Italian financier and philanthropist, and the patriarch of the Camondo family. Life and career He was born in Constantinople, during the Ottoman ...

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{{Beyoğlu Quarters of Beyoğlu

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