Bazaars and Market Halls
Monumental covered / permanent enclosed markets (opposite to market places in the open air).
The connection belongs to Constructions connections.
Connected Sites
Al-Ahsa Oasis: al-Qaysariyah market for food, spices and fabric (AB ev)
Aleppo: Souk
Bahla Fort: the inscription include souq, the Bahla Souq with few covered market halls.
Bukhara: Tak-i Zargaron, a multiple dome-covered bazaar
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape: Tavistock
Cracow: Underneath the Cloth Market at the Rynok Square
Damascus: Al-Hamidiyah Souk
Diamantina: Old Market Hall (constructed in 1835)
Florence: Saint Lawrence's Market, made of cast iron and glass
Guanajuato: Mercado Hidalgo
Historic Cairo: Khan el-Khalili
Istanbul: Grand Bazaar
Medina of Tunis: Souq el-Attarine
Meidan Emam, Esfahan: Isfahan Grand Bazaar
Old City of Acre: Souk
Old City of Jerusalem: Cotton Market, the Cardo
Oporto: Mercado do Bolhão
Red Fort: Chhatta Chowk and Meena Bazaar in the Red Fort Complex
Samarkand: Siyob Bazaar
Selimiye Mosque: covered Arasta bazaar
Split: Fish Market Hall
Yazd: Khan Bazaar
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