streets once filled with brothels (and where there are still the remains of a synagogue) would be redeveloped as an arts district. Sites of interest Karaköy contains many churches representing the Latin Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Turkish Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Armenian and Bulgarian rites as well as a couple of Jewish synagogues. The Greek, Jewish, French, Italian and Austrian schools reflect its past cosmopolitan character. The curvy Camondo Steps, off Voyvoda Street, were donated by the wealthy Sephardic Jewish banker Abraham Camondo (1785–1873) and built in baroque style. The large Galataport hotel, restaurant and cafe, shopping and office mixed-use development opened along the water in 2022. Museums Jewish Museum of Turkey Ottoman Bank Museum Note: The Istanbul Modern, Turkey's first private museum dedicated to contemporary art since 2004, moved to a new location in Galataport in 2022. Places of worship Churches San Pietro and Paolo Church, a Dominican church built 1604 by the Genoese next to their old Dominican convent, and rebuilt 1841–1843 by the Swiss Italian architect Gaspare Fossati, after having been destroyed twice by fire Sankt Georg Church, built 1675–1677 by Franciscan priests and restored 1908 by Austrian Lazarists San Michele Church San Francesco Church Santa Anna Church Santa Maria Church San Domenico Church San Zani Church Surp Sarkis Church built around 1360, the oldest Armenian church in Istanbul Surp Hisus Pırgiç Church, an Armenian Catholic church built 1834, served as the patriarchal seat from 1850 up to 1928, when the Patriarch moved to Beirut Surp Kirkor Lusavoric Armenian Church (1965) Saint Benoit Church and Monastery, a complex of church, monastery, school, hospital and orphanage built in 1427 by the Benedictines Galata Bulgarian Catholic Church, a small church built in early 20th century for the needs of the Catholic Bulgarian community. Haghios Nikolaos Turkish Orthodox Church Haghios Ionnis Syriac Church Synagogues Tofre Begadim Synagogue (Schneider Synagogue) (used today as an art gallery) Italian Synagogue Zulfaris Synagogue Or Hodeş Synagogue, built in 1897 by Georgian Jews , now in ruins. Yüksek Kaldırım Ashkenazi Synagogue, built in 1900 by architect Gabriel Tedeschi Mosques Arap Mosque with its square-shaped minaret, the oldest mosque in Istanbul to be converted from a church, was used by Arab immigrants fleeing the Spanish Inquisition Sokullu Mosque or Azapkapi Mosque Yeralti Mosque (the Underground Mosque) built in the 17th century Education Österreichisches St. Georgs-Kolleg Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul (Özel Alman Lisesi) – private school teaching in German