St. Antoine Church
St. antoine church, situated on istiklal street, is a silent and tranquil shelter where people from everywhere in istanbul make wishes and light candles.
-St. Antoine Church is located on the left as you head towards Tunel from Galatasaray. The building is a creation by Giulio Mongeri. The church was located in Azapkapı before, built by monks of the Franciscan order.
-A wooden church was destroyed in a fire in 1699. In 1762 the Catholic Franciscan Church was built on the land of the French Embassy but it was demolished because it blocked the path of a tram.
-St. Antoine Church and its premises were then rebuilt in 1912on the area where the “Concordia Theater an Garde” had existed.
-The Catholic Church has the largest Christian community in Istanbul and the believers of every kind of religion visit it frequently.
-Although the name of the church is “Saint Antoine” in French, it is also called “St. Antoine” since Italian priests administer it.
