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However, little
Constantine's tranquility lasted far less than expected, disturbed again by a flurry of construction in the early 1860s. In July 1863, the remains of more than a dozen Americans, including those of Constantine Washington Goodell, were exhumed from the old Frankish burial ground in the
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On account of the encroachments on the Frank burying ground, I had to remove the body of our beloved boy. The grave had been dug deep, and the coffin was scarcely damp. Every thing was sweet and still. The new grave which we have prepared a few rods distant was also deep and dry; and there we laid
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November 1858, but the cemetery did not official open until early in 1859. Although the burial ground was created primarily for foreign nationals, a separate section in the southwest corner is reserved for Armenian Protestants.
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The cemetery contains examples of many different styles of memorial from the 17th century to the present day. The stones propped up along the walls are some of the last links to the old
Frankish burial ground in the
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was transformed from open countryside to densely inhabited residential settlement. Early 19th century maps of
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Grand Champs des Morts. They were transferred, along with their grave markers, to a new
Protestant cemetery in Feriköy – created by order of Sultan
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is separated by a wall from the main cemetery where foreign
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Already by 1842, this burial ground was being whittled down, as a contemporary account by Reverend
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scholar renowned for his works on the historic structures in Turkish cities, particularly on
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at Istanbul, Goodell had lost his nine-year-old son, Constantine Washington, to
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1859
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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149:Feriköy Protestant Cemetery (Istanbul)
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351:Armenians
272:Anglicans
268:Lutherans
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