Istanbul Fatih district, which was named after Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (Turkish: "Fatih Sultan Mehmed"), corresponds to what was, until the Ottoman conquest in 1453, the whole of the city of Constantinople (today is the capital district and called the "historic peninsula" of Istanbul) on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, across the medieval Genoese citadel of Galata on the northern shore. The Genoese fortifications in Galata were largely demolished in the 19th century, leaving only the Galata Tower, to make way for the northward expansion of the city. Galata (Karaköy) is today a quarter within the Beyoğlu (Pera) district,
Galata, Cyprus of Lusignan, after fall of Lusignans retired close to Galata, where he built the monastery Panagia tis Podithou in 1502. Russian traveler and pilgrim Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barskyi visited Galata and wrote 1735. In 1910. it was opened first hotel in Galata. Galata is built on banks of river Klarios, that crosses the Solea Valley. Galata is almost merged with nearby Kakopetria. Traditional houses have wooden balconies and still there are many balconies in village. They had two floors and wooden balcony was extension of second floor looking at the main road. The Museum of Folkloric Art was established in 1990. Galata