Markiz Passage
The Markiz-Passage is a shopping arcade that reopened in December 2003 in Istanbul in the district of Tünel, Beyoğlu . Like the Çiçek-Passage ( Turkish Çiçek Pasajı ) it was created in the early days . Today the passage has a pastry shop, a café, bars and exclusive shops that sell fine and well-known world brands. The Markiz Passage is famous, among other things, for a meter-high work of art, a faience that was created by an Armenian master named Cezerliyan at the beginning of the 20th century .
The passage was named after the Markiz coffee confectionery ( Markiz Pastanesi ), which was considered a meeting place for intellectuals in Istanbul before the First World War. At that time, the Markiz Passage received the equipment for the workshops for the production of sweets from a Parisian chocolate production workshop (see last link below). The art of chocolate making was also adopted from Paris. The name Markiz-Passage was chosen based on the Parisian model.
The Markiz Passage covers about 9000 square meters and belonged to an Istanbul Armenian family at the beginning of the last century . It was expropriated on the pretext that betting debts were to be paid. Even today, the descendants of the owners are trying to claim at least the right to a name for themselves.
Other famous passages in Istanbul are Aznavur Passage and Atlas Passage in Beyoğlu. These passages mentioned here are not shopping malls in the usual sense, but the evidence of artful architecture from the early days.
Web links
- http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/08/24/eko114.html
- http://www.aksam.com.tr/arsiv/aksam/2004/02/09/yasam/yasam5.html
- http://www.marquise-de-sevigne.com/pg/home_cgi/home_tradition.cgi?sapa=52_marquise_de_sevigne&code_regroupement=&catalogue=tradition&langue=en
Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′ 44 ″ N , 28 ° 58 ′ 29 ″ E