Bazaars and Market Halls

Connected Sites: 33

Definition
Monumental covered / permanent enclosed markets (opposite to market places in the open air).

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Connected Sites

  • Split
    Split
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.53
    360
    11
    Fish Market Hall
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    168
    6
    Siyob Bazaar
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Medina of Tunis
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.05
    183
    3
    Souq el-Attarine
  • Old City of Acre
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    159
    6
    Souk
  • Salvador de Bahia
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.35
    74
    4
    Mercado Modelo
    See pt.wikipedia.org
  • Brugge
    Brugge
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.97
    506
    21
    The "Stadshallen" were a commercial and administrative complex that served as a place for commercial activities and storage.
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • Lamu Old Town
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.94
    33
    5
    Covered Market
  • Djerba
    Djerba
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.77
    53
    6
    Houmt-Souk: "vaulted bazaar Souk Erbaa, dating from about the 16th or 17th century CE" (AB ev)
  • Tabriz Bazaar
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.59
    46
    4
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    105
    2
    Isfahan Grand Bazaar
  • Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.13
    68
    5
  • Diamantina
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.88
    39
    5
    Old Market Hall (constructed in 1835)
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    Souk
  • Yazd
    Yazd
    Iran
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.59
    92
    3
    Khan Bazaar
  • Stone Town of Zanzibar
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.42
    145
    7
    Darajani Market
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    116
    4
    covered Arasta bazaar
  • São Luis
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.72
    37
    5
    Mercado das Tulhas (19th century)
    See pt.wikipedia.org
  • Red Fort
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.11
    228
    4
    Chhatta Chowk and Meena Bazaar in the Red Fort Complex
  • Plečnik's Ljubljana
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.98
    283
    7
    Plecnik's Market (Nomination file, p. 64-67)
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    254
    12
    "The Palazzo della Ragione is a medieval market hall, town hall and palace of justice building in Padua (...) the ground floor still hosts the historical covered market of the city."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Oporto
    Oporto
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.88
    383
    11
    Mercado do Bolhão
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    276
    12
    Cotton Market, the Cardo
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    443
    19
    Underneath the Cloth Market at the Rynok Square
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.36
    491
    12
    Grand Bazaar
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    301
    11
    Khan el-Khalili
  • Guanajuato
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.87
    115
    10
    Mercado Hidalgo
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    590
    15
    Saint Lawrence's Market, made of cast iron and glass
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    77
    5
    Al-Hamidiyah Souk
  • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.09
    160
    11
    Tavistock
  • Bukhara
    Bukhara
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 1993
    4.03
    157
    6
    Tak-i Zargaron, a multiple dome-covered bazaar
    See www.visituzbekistan.travel
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.93
    450
    17
    The belfry's "imposing volume formed either an isolated feature or a central or lateral element of the market halls, themselves often rebuilt in stone at an early date." (1999 AB Ev) Market halls are included in Bruges, Dendermonde, Ghent, Herentals, Mechelen, Nieuwpoort, Roeselare, Sint-Truiden and Ypres.
  • Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.20
    44
    3
    al-Qaysariyah market for food, spices and fabric (AB ev)
  • Bahla Fort
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.69
    120
    8
    the inscription include souq, the Bahla Souq with few covered market halls.