The Fossati brothers , Gaspare (7 October 1809 – 5 September 1883) and Giuseppe (1822–1891), were Swiss architects. They completed more than 50 projects in Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire ) during the Tanzimat era. They belonged to the Morcote branch of the Fossati, a prominent Ticinese family with mentions in the historical record going back to the 14th century. Gaspare is most noted for his renovation of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople , which virtually saved it from destruction.
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44-452: A mustard producer, and a denim workshop under the Muhteşem Kot brand, lit. ' Gorgeous Jeans ' . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Saint Pierre Han was a favorite venue for architecture firms, including those of Alexander Vallaury (1850-1921), Hovsep Aznavur (1854-1935), Giulio Mongeri (1873-1951), as well as Alexandre Neocosmos (also known as Yenidünya),
66-677: A fire in 1870. In 1858, the Fossati brothers returned to Switzerland. They built their homes in Morcote in the Turkish style. They are buried in Morcote. Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul SS Peter and Paul ( Turkish : Sen Pier ve Sen Paul Kilisesi , Italian : Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Galata , French : Eglise Saint Pierre Saint Paul ) is a Catholic church in Istanbul , important for historical reasons. The church owns an icon of
88-661: A very productiver period, and Gaspare would enjoy a distinguished career there. Between 1841 and 1843, the Fossati brothers built the brick Bab-ı Seraskeri Hospital ( Bekirağa Bölüğü ) and Liman İskelesi Karakolu in Eminönü for the Ottoman Administration. They were appointed to renovate Arzuodası at Babıali in 1844, and to build important buildings in Sultanahmet such as Dârülfünun (university) (1845–1846), Hazine-i Evrak , and Mekteb-i Sanayi (1846–1848). They also built
110-653: A yearly subsidy from the Republic of Venice . In 1640, a large icon of the Hodegetria type (originally in Caffa ) which belonged to the Dominican Church of S. Maria di Costantinopoli , located inside the walled city of Istanbul and in that year converted into a mosque, was moved here. In 1660 the church and the monastery burned and, since the destruction had been total (except for the icon which could be rescued), according to
132-641: Is Galata Kulesi Sokak 44, Kuledibi. After that in 1475 Sultan Mehmet II had converted the Dominican Church of San Paolo in Galata into a mosque, in 1476 the friars moved two hundred meters East, always below the Galata Tower , in a house with land owned by Venetian noblemen Angelo Zaccaria. In the building was enclosed a small chapel - used by nuns - dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul. On 20 April 1535,
154-409: Is built in the form of a basilica , with a four side altar . The cupola over the choir is sky blue, studded with gold stars. The church's rear wall is built into a section of Galata's old Genoese ramparts . The church possesses several relics: those of Saint Renatus (found in the catacombs of Galata), and others of Saint Thomas , Saint Dominic and the Saints Peter and Paul. The yard East of
176-619: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Fossati brothers Born in Ticino , Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati were born into a notable family of artisans from Morcote in the Ticino region. Their ancestors included architects, artists and engineers. The brothers finished primary and middle school in Venice and studied architecture at the Brera Academy in Milan . During his period at
198-967: The Bayezit complex. They also renovated Venedik Palace (today the house of the Italian Ambassador) in 1853, and the Dutch Embassy in Beyoğlu in 1854. They built the Spanish (1854) and Iranian (1856) embassies in Istanbul and the Ottoman University, adjacent to the Hagia Sophia. In addition, they built three Italian theaters. One of them was the Naum Theatre , which was built in Galatasaray in 1846, and destroyed by
220-587: The Church of SS Peter and Paul between 1841 and 1843. In 1847, Sultan Abdülmecid appointed them to renovate the Hagia Sophia . They completed the restoration in two years, utilizing more than eight hundred workers. They were able to document a larger number of Byzantine mosaics whose precise location within the Hagia Sophia today have not been fully documented since many were either painted over or destroyed often without recording their original location. The drawings of
242-620: The Fleurs-de-lis of France), so that only her face and chest are possibly original. The complex burned again during the great fire of Galata in 1731, and was rebuilt with wood. From 1841 to 1843 the Swiss-Italian brothers Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati erected the present building. Together with Saint Anthony and Saint Mary Draperis , SS. Peter and Paul was one of the three Levantine parishes in Beyoğlu. The parish jurisdiction extended over
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286-582: The Academy, Gaspare won many prizes. Between 1829 and 1831, Gaspare produced many lithographs of Rome, and produced a catalogue for Leon XII. In around 1833, Gaspare began working for the architectural team of Luigi Rusca in Saint Petersburg , and in 1837, he married Rusca's daughter. (Rusca had died in 1822, but his nephew carried on with Rusca's projects in Saint Petersburg.) At the end of 1836, Gaspare
308-515: The Hagia Sophia mosaics are kept in the Cantonal Archive of Ticino. Sultan Abdülmecid allowed the brothers to also document any mosaics they might discover during this process which were later archived in Swiss libraries. The Telgrafhane-i Amire was built by Giuseppe Fossati in 1855. Upon the death of Reşit Paşa in 1858, the Fossati brothers built his mausoleum in the corner of the graveyard in
330-601: The Virgin of the Hodegetria type, which originally lay in a Dominican church in Caffa , Crimea. The current building is a nineteenth-century (1841 to 1843) reconstruction of the Fossati brothers . An adjacent former commercial facility, Saint Pierre Han , is (as of 2022) set to be renovated into a cultural center. The church lies in Karaköy (ancient Galata ) neighborhood of the district of Beyoğlu , Istanbul , Turkey . Its address
352-461: The church's entrance takes the form of a narrow alleyway enclosed by high walls which are covered with sculptures and inscribed gravestones, most of them in Italian. More graves are contained in the church's crypt. The Saint-Pierre Han [ tr ] is a warehouse and trading venue (or caravanserai , Turkish : Han ) that was a commercial dependency of the church erected on its grounds. It
374-498: The interior designer of the ornate Freige Apartments [ tr ] building in Istanbul. While working there, Vallaury had a plaque apposed on the building to commemorate the birth on that site of André Chénier in 1762. In 2011, the Bahçeşehir Uğur Education Foundation ( Turkish : Bahçeşehir Uğur Eğitim Vakfı ), sponsor of Bahçeşehir University , started renting the property with plans to install
396-740: The law the ground was returned to the Ottoman Government. Despite that, thanks to the intercession of the European Powers, a new church could be built again in 1702. Since 1706, after the Dominicans refused to deliver the Hodegetria Icon to Venice, the Republic quit paying the subsidy to the church. Around those years, the Icon was partially repainted (the mantle of the Virgin appears now embroidered with
418-511: The lower part of the Galata neighborhood, a popular area which often became the first residence for European immigrants settling in the city. Due to that, the parish's birth, wedding and death registers represent an invaluable source for the history of the recurring waves of immigration in the 18th and 19th century. The church now serves the local Maltese community, with masses in Italian . The church
440-446: The old Zaccaria ceded the house to the Dominicans against the monthly offer of a candle and the weekly celebration of a mass for the souls of himself and his parents. In 1603-1604 the chapel was rebuilt as a larger church together with a monastery. In 1608, a Firman of Sultan Ahmed III put the complex under the protection of the King of France , while at the same time the church got also
462-527: Was appointed to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul ), becoming the official court architect and agreed to draw up plans for the Russian Embassy in Constantinople. He recruited his brother-in-law, Alessandro Rusca, and his own 17 year old brother, Giuseppe Fossati. He set sail from Odessa, arriving in Constantinople on 20 March 1837. The Fossati brothers' time in Constantinople would mark the beginning of
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#1732852435487484-584: Was built as a wooden structure in 1732, burned in 1770, and was reconstructed with more durable materials in 1771-1772 on the initiative of French ambassador François-Emmanuel Guignard de Saint-Priest . It housed a number of organizations and enterprises, including the Constantinople Bar Association, the Italian Chamber of Commerce, the Ottoman Bank on its upper floor between 1856 and 1893,
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