Bankalar Caddesi
The Bankalar Caddesi ( "Bank Street", formerly Voyvoda Caddesi or Wojwodestraße ) is one of the most famous streets in the Turkish city of Istanbul . Like İstiklal Caddesi, it is located in the Beyoğlu district in the Galata district .
In the Ottoman Empire, the street was the financial and business center of what was then Constantinople . Many well-known financial services companies were based on Bankalar Caddesi during the Ottoman period, including the Ottoman Bank and the Ottoman Stock Exchange, as well as the largest Italian insurance company, Assicurazioni Generali , which is still there today. Many other international financial service providers also have their branches in Bankalar Caddesi.
The southern stop of Tünel , the world's second oldest underground train after London Underground , is near the eastern end of Bankalar Caddesi.
The Camondo staircase, a staircase that the important Ottoman-Jewish banker Abraham Salomon Camondo had built in Art Nouveau style, is also located in Bankalar Caddesi. The staircase leads to the parallel side street, where the ruins of the Genoese Palace ( Italian: Palazzo del Comune ) lie, which was built in 1316 by Montano de Marinis, the Podestà of Pera .
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Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′ 26.1 ″ N , 28 ° 58 ′ 25.4 ″ E