Galata Monastery Galata Monastery The Galata Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox monastery for nuns, founded at the end of the sixteenth century by Moldavian Voivode Petru Şchiopul, in the west of Iaşi, Romania. The monastery is located on the top of Galata Hill, and can be easily observed from different locations of Iasi. The church, surrounded by walls with loopholes and provided with a bell tower at the entrance, looks like a fortress, often serving as a place of defense and sometimes as a royal residence. Near the church on the hill, are places that provide panoramic views over the city.
Galata Camondo Palace ("Kamondo Sarayı"), was built between 1865 and 1869 and designed by architect Sarkis Balyan. It is located on the northern shore of the Golden Horn, within the nearby Kasımpaşa quarter to the west of Galata. It later became the headquarters of the Ministry of the Navy ("Bahriye Nezareti") during the late Ottoman period, and is currently used by the Turkish Navy as the headquarters of the Northern Sea Area Command ("Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı"). The Camondo family also built two historic apartment buildings in Galata, both of which are named "Kamondo Apartmanı": the older one is located at