House of Camondo

[citation needed] Despite the many restrictions and sumptuary laws imposed on non-Muslims, the family flourished as merchants in the business section at Galata, on the outskirts of the city.

[1]: 77  In recognition of his contributions and financial assistance to the liberation of Venetia from the Austrian Empire, Abraham Salomon Camondo was ennobled as a hereditary count in 1867 by King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.

His two grandsons remained in Paris and continued to successfully expand the banking business from there until their respective deaths, both in 1889, while keeping a strong link with their native Constantinople.

The next generation, cousins Isaac and Moïse Camondo, both based in Paris, did not display interest in further developing the family business.

The property was then inherited by Moïse de Camondo, who had it torn down and rebuilt to a design by architect René Sergent, inspired by the Petit Trianon in Versailles.

He bought the land in 1870 and had a mansion built there to a design by architect Denis-Louis Destors, who also remodeled Nissim's house at number 63.

[4][5] It is located on the northern shore of the Golden Horn, within the Kasımpaşa quarter of the Beyoğlu district, to the west of Galata (Karaköy).

The coat of arms granted in the Kingdom of Italy around 1867 to Abraham Salomon Camondo
Family tree
Abraham Salomon Camondo
Abraham Behor Camondo
The seaside mansion of the Camondo family on the Golden Horn , located within the Kasımpaşa quarter to the west of Galata (modern Karaköy ), was popularly known as the Camondo Palace ( Kamondo Sarayı ). It later became the headquarters of the Ministry of the Navy ( Bahriye Nezareti ) during the late Ottoman period, and is currently used by the Turkish Navy as the headquarters of the Northern Sea Area Command ( Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı ).
The Camondo Stairs at Bankalar Caddesi (Banks Street) in Galata (modern Karaköy ), constructed by Abraham Salomon Camondo c. 1870–1880.