Kuledibi

Kuledibi ("foot of the tower" in Turkish) is a quarter of İstanbul's Beyoğlu district.

[1] Palazzo del Comune (Ceneviz Sarayı), which was built in 1316 and served as the administrative center of the Genoese colony in İstanbul is one of the main buildings in Kuledibi quarter.

Sankt Georg Church, Hospital and School (Avusturya Lisesi), Church of SS Peter and Paul, Şehsuvar Bey Masjid and Beyoğlu Göz Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi are other major structures around Galata Tower.

[1] Architecture of Kuledibi, especially buildings that was constructed before 20th century, exhibits varying degrees of influence from Italian Levantines that were living in İstanbul at the time.

Kuledibi, which was called La Kula ("The Tower") by Judeo-Spanish speakers,[2] had a dense Jewish population until the 1950s.