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The Galata-Beyoğlu district, occupying the northern shore of the Golden Horn opposite Sultanahmet and rising steeply up the hill from the waterfront to the Taksim Square plateau, is Istanbul's historically non-Muslim and cosmopolitan quarter: a neighborhood that was the home of Genoese traders (who built the Galata Tower in 1348), Greek, Armenian, Jewish, and Levantine merchant families through the Ottoman centuries, European embassies and consulates in the 19th century, and today the center of Istanbul's arts, music, and nightlife scene. İstiklal Caddesi, the 1.4-kilometer pedestrianized main avenue connecting Tünel Square (bottom) to Taksim Square (top), is one of the busiest pedestrian streets in the world, with approximately 3 million people walking its length on weekend days.
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