The complex has an entrance in
neoclassical style - embellished by a statue of the Virgin in a
niche - on Istiklal Caddesi, which is followed by a flight of steps leading downhill to the church. The edifice has a rectangular plan and is covered by a barrel vault - decorated in 1874 - and has three naves. The church has a bell tower with square plan, not visible from the road. The imposing main altar, erected in 1772, is made of
pink Carrara marble and is adorned with the Icon donated by Maria Draperis. The church is adorned with four paintings, three being of
Venetian school. The first on the right side entering the church - painted in 1873 - represents the
immaculate Virgin with two Franciscan saints. The second represents
Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the
Stigmata at
La Verna. To the left of the
presbytery there is a painting representing the death of
Saint Joseph assisted by Jesus and Mary, while another one near the entrance represent
Saint Roch, protector against
plague, an illness which hit Istanbul several times in the past. The
Via Crucis, the statue of
Saint Anthony and the
fresco in the
baptistery are all 1959 works of the Franciscan Father Alberto Farina. The two
stained glass windows on the
apse are of
German school and represent Saint Francis and
St. Clare of Assisi. Inside the church, several inscribed gravestones from the 18th and 19th centuries (most of them in Italian or Latin) remember wealthy Levantine families, church's benefactors, bishops and Consuls of the European nations in Constantinople. ==Gallery==