Bazaars and Market Halls
Monumental covered / permanent enclosed markets (opposite to market places in the open air).
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
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 | |
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | ||
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 | |
Stone Town of Zanzibar | Darajani Market | |
Tabriz Bazaar | ||
Yazd | Khan Bazaar |
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