SS. Peter and Paul Church, Istanbul
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- Best time to go
- Mornings before the Galata Tower area gets busy
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- $
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A Dominican church at the foot of Galata Tower, rebuilt in 1841 by the Fossati brothers, the Swiss architects who also restored Hagia Sophia. Its plain rear wall incorporates a stretch of the old Genoese fortifications of Galata, while the basilica interior shelters a venerated icon of the Virgin brought from the Black Sea region. Mass is still celebrated for the small Latin Catholic community of the district.
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