Galata Rum School

The Galata Rum School - officially Ozel Karakoy Rum Ana ve Ilkogretim Okulu - in 25, Kemeralti Caddesi, Karakoy, Istanbul, was build in 1903 with the financial support of Andreas Eliadis from Epirus to serve the Greek - "Rum" community in the Galata neighborhood of Istanbul. The school was working until 1985 when it closed because of the lack of pupils. Currently the Galata Greek school is used for the Istanbul Design Biennial. ..Those pictures where made in September 2012 a month before the opening of the Istanbul Design Biennial as a visual illustration of the research made by Katerina Polychroniadi, Kalliopi Dimou and Spyros Nasainas - ?Spatial Organisation of Rum Communities in Istanbul: Urban, Architectural and Photographic Documentation? National Technical University of Athens Research Programme ..The pictures appear in Galata Rum School video http://vimeo.com/50469804

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The Galata Rum School - officially Ozel Karakoy Rum Ana ve Ilkogretim Okulu - in 25, Kemeralti Caddesi, Karakoy, Istanbul, was build in 1903 with the financial support of Andreas Eliadis from Epirus to serve the Greek - "Rum" community in the Galata neighborhood of Istanbul. The school was working until 1985 when it closed because of the lack of pupils. Currently the Galata Greek school is used for the Istanbul Design Biennial. ..Those pictures where made in September 2012 a month before the opening of the Istanbul Design Biennial as a visual illustration of the research made by Katerina Polychroniadi, Kalliopi Dimou and Spyros Nasainas - ?Spatial Organisation of Rum Communities in Istanbul: Urban, Architectural and Photographic Documentation? National Technical University of Athens Research Programme ..The pictures appear in Galata Rum School video http://vimeo.com/50469804