SAINT POLYCARPE CHURCH

This church located in the city center of Izmir is one of the oldest buildings of the province, the permission of Suleiman the Magnificent and the King of France XIII. It was built in 1625 at the request of Luisin. The church was built in the name of St. Polycarp, who was killed in Kadifekale by the Romans because of his Christian faith in AD.155. In the following years, a monastery was added to this church and was damaged in the earthquake of 1688 and then burned.

The church was rebuilt in 1690 and 1691. The church is made of cut stone and brick basilica plan and it has three naves. The apsid part is flooded out in three sections. In front of the church is covered with a roof covered with a cracked roof bell tower.
The frescoes depicting the phases of ST.POLYCARP's life and martyrdom are the work of RAYMOND PERE, a French artist, painter and architect who lived in Izmir at the end of the last century. Peruvian Mother and Child Mary Mary, who was on the side wall of the northern nave, showed her daughter, Marie Pere, as Mary in child.

In addition, in the church after the crucifixion of the crucifixion of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ's repredduction. The fact that the church of Policarp (st.Policarp) is one of the few religious scholars of the world christian world is one of the factors that increase the value of the church.