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16-MAR-2007

Becin 5317.jpg

On a site by Museum with no frontiers can be found "The hans in West Anatolia are not magnificent and imposing like caravanserais of the Seljuq period. The two hans in Beçin, partly in good condition, are also plain, unimposing structures. Kızıl Han is a two-storey structure; its walls are still standing today, although its superstructure has almost entirely collapsed. Its general layout resembles the Döger Caravanserai near Afyon. Made up of a single lateral rectangular area, the ground floor is the stable where the pack animals were tethered and where some of the travellers would have spent the night. Traces of a staircase that would have led to two rooms on the upper floor are still visible to the left of the entrance door; travellers spent the night in these upper rooms, too." The site also described how hans started to be constructed ikn West Anatolië in the 15th century, when the area was save after ages of struggle.

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