Balat

#185 among destinations in Turkey

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Balat is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the old city on the historic peninsula, on the western bank of the Golden Horn. It was historically the centre of the Jewish community in Istanbul and lies next to the Greek quarter, Fener. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°1'58"N, 28°56'44"E

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Balat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chora Church, Tekfur Sarayı, Bulgarian St. Stephen Church, Feshane.

~1870 ftW
Museum with Muslim and Christian artworks
Chora Church, Istanbul
10 min walk • The Chora Church, known officially as the Kariye Museum, is a historical gem nestled in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. This former medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church, adorned with some of the most exquisite mosaics and frescoes in the Christian...
~1460 ftW
Remains of a Byzantine imperial palace
Tekfur Sarayı, Istanbul
8 min walk • Nestled within the historic fabric of Istanbul, Tekfur Sarayı, also known as the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, stands as a testament to the city's Byzantine past. This palatial remnant, dating back to the late 13th century, is the only surviving pavilion of the...
~1220 ftE
Church
Bulgarian St. Stephen Church, Istanbul
6 min walk • Bulgarian St Stephen Church, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for being made of prefabricated cast iron elements in the neo-Byzantine style. The church belongs to the Bulgarian minority in the city.
0.9 miNW
41°2'39"N • 28°56'15"E
Feshane, Istanbul
23 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park
~1500 ftSE
Church
Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols, Istanbul
8 min walk • Saint Mary of the Mongols full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα; Turkish name: Kanlı Kilise, is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul. It is the only remaining Byzantine church of Constantinople that has never been converted to a mosque, always remaining open to the Greek Orthodox Church.
0.6 miSW
Grand mosque dating from 16th century
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Istanbul
15 min walk • The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Edirnekapı neighborhood near the Byzantine land walls of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the chief imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
~1390 ftS
Mosque in a former Byzantine church
Fethiye Camii, Istanbul
7 min walk • Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos, is one of the most famous Greek Orthodox Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey. Adapted in 1591 into the Fethiye Mosque, it is today partly a museum, the parekklesion.
0.5 miSE
Mosque, Mimar Sinan
Yavuz Selim Mosque, Istanbul
14 min walk • The Yavuz Selim Mosque, also known as the Selim I Mosque and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located at the top of the 5th Hill of Istanbul, Turkey, in the neighborhood of Çukurbostan, overlooking the Golden Horn.
0.5 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Prison of Anemas, Istanbul
12 min walk • The Prison of Anemas is a large Byzantine building attached to the walls of the city of Constantinople. It is traditionally identified with the prisons named after Michael Anemas, a Byzantine general who rose in unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and was the first person to be imprisoned there.
0.4 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Istanbul
11 min walk • The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen to sixteen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople.
0.4 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
St. George's Cathedral, Istanbul
11 min walk • The Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and, as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453, and of the Ottoman Empire until 1922.