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23-JUN-2010

Sanliurfa June 2010 9011.jpg

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These are pictures of or taken inside the Bedesten or Kazaz Bazaar, selling traditional clothes and built in 1566 by Behram Paşa. A document from 1740 mentions a restoration, calling the building Bezzazistan. In 1988 another restoration lowered the level of the shops to ground level, they used to be one meter up. It is barrel vaulted with four domes and is mentioned in the excellent downloadable guide of the region as being one of the best preserved of Anatolia. It is connected to the Gümrük Hanı at the Gümrük’s south side.

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