Galata - Galata

Japanese: ガラタ - がらた
Galata - Galata

…In 1853, the Baroque-style Dolmabahçe Sarayı was completed along the Bosphorus, and the palace moved there. As trade with Western European countries expanded, the Galata district, known since Byzantine times as a settlement for foreign merchants, developed, and together with the neighboring Beyoğlu district, it became a new commercial and cultural center, contrasting sharply with the old city, with its forests of mosque minarets. In the new city, embassies (now consulates) of European countries lined the streets, and foreign merchants and their associated non-Muslim minority merchants set up modern shops, as well as many “hired foreigners” such as the Italian composer Giuseppe Donizetti (Gaetano’s brother). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Galata" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1853年にボスポラス海峡沿いにバロック様式を模したドルマバフチェ新宮殿Dolmabahçe Sarayıが完成すると,宮廷はそこに移った。西ヨーロッパ諸国との貿易が拡大すると,ビザンティン時代以来外国人商人の居留地として知られていたガラタGalata地区が発展し,その隣のベイオウルBeyoğlu地区ともども新しい商業・文化の中心となり,モスクの光塔(ミナレminare,ミナレット)の林立する旧市街と好対照をなした。新市街にはヨーロッパ各国の大使館(現在は領事館)が軒を並べ,外国人商人や,これと結んだ非ムスリム少数民商人たちがモダンな店を構え,またイタリアの作曲家ドニゼッティGiuseppe Donizetti(Gaetanoの兄)などの〈御雇外国人〉も多数居住した。…

※「ガラタ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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