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The Grand Bazaar (or Covered Bazaar, Kapalıçarşı in Turkish) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with more than 58 streets and 4,000 shops, and has between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like. The bazaar contains two bedestans, or domed masonry structures built for storage and safe keeping, the first of which was constructed between 1455 and 1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and in 1894 underwent a major restoration following an earthquake.
Technically, the correct translation of the Turkish name Kapalıçarşı is "Covered Bazaar" and not "Grand Bazaar", simply because the Turks do not call it "Grand Bazaar". In Turkish kapalı means "covered" and çarşı means "market" or "bazaar" (as in the Persian 'bazar', where the word originates from and in English spelled "bazaar".)
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Inner Bedesten : It was the first building to rise in Kapalıçarşı, actually it is the Old Bedestan which forms the backbone of the bazaar. The names of the gates are: Bouquinistes, Hat Shops, Jewelry Shops and Costume Shops.
Sandal Bedesten : It has the most number of domes in Kapalıçarşı. At present it can be accessed through two gates, one is through the main gate and the other is through the Nuruosmaniye district.
Other sections of the Grand Bazaar: The architectural design of the roads making up other sections apart from the two bedestens is not symmetrical and geometrical; it has a scattered nature due to its formation which took many centuries with new parts being added. In this way, it stays away from the closed bazaar style of the West and has a character of an Oriental bazaar. This laid back settlement and scattered nature prevents the bazaar from being dull, and at the same time gives it a romantic flavor. Such a complicated structure and settlement not only maintains the monumental state of the bazaar, but also makes it a palace for shopping.
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Though part of China, Kashgar is geographically closer to the Mediterranean than to the Pacific - as close to the Turkish capital of Ankara as to its own capital of Beijing. The bazaar was a swirling amalgam of both these distant worlds.
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The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning Covered Bazaar) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by the type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like. The bazaar contains two bedestens (domed masonry structures built for storage and safe keeping), the first of which was constructed between 1455 and 1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and in 1894 underwent a major restoration following an earthquake.
¡¡Mirad lo que recibí ayer!!
El libro de Bazaar Bizarre que había pedido hace semanas...
Por ahora no he leído mucho porque viene completamente en inglés y casitodo es texto, pero lo poco que he leído me ha encantado...
No se trata de un simple libro de Manualidades.
Trae proyectos, sí, pero creo que se trata más bien de un libro sobre la actitud de los nuevos "crafters"...
El autor está loco perdido, y si leyerais las entrevistas y reportajes varios os moririais de risa.
Se lo recomiendo a todo aquel que sepa más o menos inglés y ame las manualidades.
The Chinese New Year bazaar at Chinatown selling all types of goodies and titbits. This sta;; along Temple Street
From my visit to Korvon, the biggest bazaar near Dushanbe. Three square miles.
It's nothing like Shokhmansur, which is primarily foodstuffs. Rather, Korvon is filled with colorful fabrics with ostentatious prints on silk, cotton, velvet that women pick out, bargain over, and make their kurtas out of. Bright magenta cloths are draped across the top of the walkways to shield us from the sun and everyone is crimson under the filtered light. Vendors with heavy metal carts laden with goods push their way through the crowd, indifferent to whether or not they run over your toes.
And there's heat, but it's a different sort of heat than the kind that permeated most of my days in Tajikistan. It's a humid sort of heat from all the people and energy swirling about in the enclosed space. The kind of heat one can barely breathe in, much less think. Yet we still managed to follow our teachers, dumbly marveling at the frenzy and beauty of it all, and bargained for fabrics with our week-old language skills.
And in the midst of all the madness: an elderly man, walking through the passageway, serenely observing it all.
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Bazaar’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Bazaar’[1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops [2][3] which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.[4].
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The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighbourhood (mahalle) bearing the same name (Kapalıçarşı). It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by trams (Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı stop).
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Big Bazaar, the value retailing concept of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd and a part of the Future Group, has come to Chennai.
The Rs 15 crore store is being operated by Anandram Developers Pvt Ltd, agents of Pantaloon Retail (I) Ltd, and is one of the largest stand-alone stores in the city.
Promising that nobody sells cheaper and better, the Big Bazaar store, which is located on 45-47, Arcot Road, Saligramam (Near Bharani Hospital), Chennai - 600 093, has an area of over 50,000 sq ft on the ground floor itself, and offers special discounts and offers of up to 60 per cent on more than 1,60,000 products 365 days a year.
saw advertisements for Big Bazaar in Tamizh as follows :
Paal Vilayile Payasam (Payasam at the cost of Milk)
More Vilayile Milkshake(Milkshake at the cost of Buttermilk)
Scooter Vilayile Car ( Car at the cost of Scooter)
Piano and Seat: Darks - Grand Piano Closed with Sits - Noir and Piano Seat for 1 or 2 - Noir (200L or 275L with music)
Accessories: Red Wine Glass, Silver Frames for top of Piano, Red Rose, Sheet Music and Noir Petals and Candle (included with pianos)
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Is a the largest town in Khumbu located at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft). Namche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region. Trekkers and climbers would have an extra day here for rest and do the acclimatization. Every saturday morning there will be a weekly market in the center of the village.