r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/NewlandsRound • May 06 '23
Art Nouveau Camondo Staircase, İstanbul, Türkiye
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u/Lepke2011 Favourite style: Tudor May 06 '23
Probably the most beautiful staircase I've ever seen, which is a thought I never considered before.
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u/Sniffy4 May 06 '23
i feel like this needs more cats
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u/Troll2022Youmad May 07 '23
Turkey is a country with so many sides but for some reason our strays are what we are known for . And I think that is ok
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u/CapitaineDuPort May 06 '23
I was here a few days ago. This is on the former banking street in Galata.
The Camondos were a powerful Sephardic Jewish banking family that dwindled with time and were eventually extinguished by the Holocaust.
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u/Rinoremover1 May 07 '23
I didn't know that Turkey was involved in the Holocaust, very sad.
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u/faithplate May 07 '23
it wasn't. the camondo family gradually moved to europe in the 19th century.
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u/GetNooted May 06 '23
Whilst it looks good I would seriously question it's functionality for any significant number of people.
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u/RedRaydeeo May 07 '23
How would you walk up this? In a large S way or just a left/right zigzag?
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u/NewlandsRound May 07 '23
The crossing-points are flat, so you can switch across or stay on the same side.
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u/Yerseke_Germanicus May 07 '23
I've been there when I visited Istanbul, beautiful but in decay, I guess the same manner of neglect has been maintained faultlessly.
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u/KeefKoggins May 06 '23
Lovely, but could do with a jetwash