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Its name comes from the Greek word "Fanari", meaning a street light, after a lit monument that was there during Byzantine times. After the Fall Of Constantinople in 1453 , the Fanar district was home to most of the Greeks who remained in the city. The Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate Of Constantinople moved to the area as well, and is still located there. As a result, the word ''Fanar'' is often used as shorthand for the Patriarchate just as ''Vatican'' is used for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church . Greek Phanariotes from wealthy Greek families were appointed Voivode s of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Ottoman Empire between 1711 and 1821 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |