Pangaltı (spelled Pangaaltı or Pancaldi in some older sources) is one of the four
neighborhoods
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(together with
Teşvikiye,
Maçka
Maçka (, the "club"; Laz language, Laz: მაჩხა ''Maçxa'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from the medieval ...
and
Osmanbey) within the
Nişantaşı
Nişantaşı is a residential quarter in the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Nişantaşı quarter has four neighbourhoods: Teşvikiye, Maçka, Osmanbey and Pangaltı. The centre of the Nişantaşı quarter is at the ...
quarter of the
Şişli
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district in
Istanbul
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,
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.
It is home to the
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, alternatively known as the ''St. Esprit Cathedral'' ( Turkish: ''Saint Esprit Kilisesi''), located on Cumhuriyet Avenue 127/A, in the quarter of Pangaltı in Şişli district, the former Harbiye, between Taksim ...
and
Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery
Pangaltı Roman Catholic Cemetery (), also known as Feriköy Latin Catholic Cemetery (), is a historic Christianity, Christian cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the largest Catholic cemetery in Istanbul. The cemetery is located in the Feriköy ...
, the largest Catholic cemetery in
Istanbul
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.
History
The neighborhood was formerly inhabited mainly by
Levantine Christians. The
Ottoman Army War College founded by Sultan
Mahmud II
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had its headquarters in this city quarter from 1848.
As part of the 1860s redevelopment of Istanbul, when the avenue between Taksim and Pangaltı was under construction in 1864, Christian cemeteries in
Taksim were moved to Şişli and a garden-park (''Taksim Gezisi'') was arranged in their place. The Anarad Hiğutyun (
Armenian
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for "Immaculate Conception") Armenian Catholic Church (''Anarad Hiğutyun Ermeni Katolik Kilisesi'' ) was built in 1866 in timber, and from 1971-1973 rebuilt in stone.
The
Private Armenian School of Pangaltı
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(former ''Mihitaryan Ermeni Mektebi'' or "Mihitaryan School"), established in
Kandilli in 1811 serves the public in the quarter since 1866. It was associated with the school of the
Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception who were founded in Istanbul in 1847. The school continues today.
During the
bombing of Istanbul, the area suffered on 18 October 1918.
See also
*
Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery
The Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery was located in the Pangaltı quarter of Istanbul near Taksim Square and originally belonged to the Surp Agop Armenian Hospital. In the 1930s, it was demolished and was replaced with the Taksim Gezi Park, Divan Hotel ...
References
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Şişli
Quarters in Istanbul