Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul
SS Peter and Paul (Turkish: Sen Pier ve Sen Paul Kilisesi, Italian: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Galata, French: Eglise Saint Pierre Saint Paul) is a Catholic church in Istanbul, important for historical reasons. The church owns an icon of the Virgin of the Hodegetria type, which originally lay in a Dominican church in Caffa, Crimea. The current building is a nineteenth-century (1841 to 1843) reconstruction of the Fossati brothers. An adjacent former commercial facility, Saint Pierre Han, is (as of 2022) set to be renovated into a cultural center.
Church of SS Peter and Paul | |
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Entrance to the courtyard of St. Peter's Church in Beyoğlu | |
Church of SS Peter and Paul Location in Istanbul | |
Location | Galata, Istanbul |
Country | Turkey |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati |
Groundbreaking | 1603-4 |
Completed | 1843 |
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