Grand Bazaar, Isfahan
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The Grand Bazaar (Template:Langx, transliteratedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Bāzār-e Bozorg) is a market located in Isfahan, Iran, also known as the Qeysarriyeh Bazaar (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Qeysarie bazaar or Soltani bazaar.
The bazaar was one of the greatest and most luxurious trading centers during the Safavid era. It was built in 1620 on the northern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. It connects the Naqsh-e Jahan Square to the Kohneh Square and the Seljuk part of Isfahan.[1][2]
History
It was originally constructed during the 11th century on the southwest wing of the Jameh Mosque and Kohneh Square, but various arcades and rooms were later added.
The bazaar, one of the oldest and largest in the Middle East, dates to Seljuk and Safavid eras and is the longest roofed market in the world.[3] The site has been destroyed several times before the current bazaar was constructed in the 17th century. The bazaar is a vaulted two-kilometre street linking the old city with the new.[4]
In the Middle-East, bazaars were typically situated in close proximity to the mosque and the Isfahan Bazaar is no exception. The Bazaar of Isfahan is located in downtown old Isfahan, in the northern section of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square. The main entrance called Qeisarieh stretches through to Jameh Mosque, the oldest mosque in Isfahan, and one of the oldest in Iran.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Assari,A., Mahesh, T.M., Emtehani, M.E. and Assari, E., "Comparative Sustainability of Bazaar in Iranian Traditional Cities: Case Studies of Isfahan and Tabriz," International Journal on “Technical and Physical Problems of Engineering”, Vol. 3, no. 9, 2011, pp 18-24; Iran Chamber of Commerce, <Online: http://www.iranchamber.com/architecture/articles/bazaar_of_isfahan1.php#sthash.BB3fHqgx.dpuf>
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Bibliography
- A. Bakhtiar: ‘The Royal Bazaar of Isfahan’, Studies on Isfahan, ed. R. Holod, 2 vols, Iran. Stud., vii (1974), pp. 320–47
- H. Gaube and E. Wirth: Der Bazar von Isfahan (Wiesbaden, 1978)
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