Fernand Pagy Mansion

BAYETAV Art, opened at the Fernand Pagy House on May 6, 2023, hosts art and cultural events on its ground floor, while the upper floor brings Izmir's 300-400 year-old Levantine culture to the present through furniture, household items, and digital narratives of Levantine life. Admission is free.

Introduction

Situated in the area containing Bornova's most characteristic Levantine residences, the Fernand Pagy Mansion stands at the corner of 80th and 83rd streets. The Whittall family are the earliest recorded owners of the mansion. Subsequently the Pagy family, one of Bornova's long-established Levantine families, began to use the building.

Ownership and Transformation

The last Levantine owners of the mansion were Marie France Pagy and her husband Claude Caporal, members of the Pagy family. In 2020 the mansion was purchased by the BAYETAV Foundation, restored and, under the name "BAYETAV Sanat," began hosting cultural events.

Architectural Context and Neighbouring Buildings

The mansion lies within Bornova's densest Levantine settlement axis, in an area where historic residences stand very close to one another.

Directly opposite stands the De Andria Mansion (in use as a café as of 2025),
20 metres to the right is the Charnaud Mansion (serving as a boutique hotel),
To the left stands the Maltass Mansion.