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Fener,
Fanar or
Phanar (
Greek Φανάρι [fa'nari]) is a neighborhood midway up the
Golden Horn, within the borough of
Fatih in
Istanbul,
Turkey (formerly
Constantinople). The streets in the area are full of historic wooden houses,
churches, and
synagogues dating from
Byzantine and
Ottoman times.
After the
Fall of Constantinople in
1453, the Fener district was home to most of the
Greeks who remained in the city. The
Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople moved to the area as well, and is still located there. As a result,
Phanar is often used as shorthand for the Ecumenical Patriarchate just as
Vatican is used for the leadership of the
Roman Catholic Church.
The Greek inhabitants of Fener were called
Phanariotes. Wealthy Phanariotes were appointed
voivodes of
Wallachia and
Moldavia by the Ottoman Empire between
1711 and
1821.
The name
Fener comes from
Greek "Fanari" (φανάρι) and Turkish "Fener" meaning
lantern. During the city's Byzantine period, there was within the district a columnar monument, topped with a lantern.
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