The Ottoman Han (Caravanserai) and Bazaars - Muslim Heritage
The expansion of commerce in the Ottoman world necessitated the introduction of new types of buildings to accommodate various trade types. The han or caravanserai consisted of cells arranged around a courtyard, providing all the amenities the traveller needed.
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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Outstanding Universal Value A settlement established as an urban structure in the 15th century on the crossing of a river and a land road was originally located in a valley of the Neretva River, between Hum Hill and the foot of the Velež Mountain.
Secularizing Anatolia Tick by Tick: Clock Towers in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
Mehmet Bengü Uluengin, Secularizing Anatolia Tick by Tick: Clock Towers in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Feb., 2010), pp. 17-36
The Sociopolitical World of Ottoman Hamams
with Nina Ergin hosted by Chris Gratien Bathhouses or hamams are a well-known feature of the Ottoman city typically associated wit...
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Discover Islamic Art - Virtual Museum - monument_ISL_tr_Mon01_28_en
Grand Bazaar Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey The two bedestens were built during the reign of Mehmed II 'the Conqueror', (his second reign AH 855-86 / AD 1451--81), and the bazaar developed around them Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II 'the Conqueror', and other Ottoman sultans.
Turkish Baths (Hamam)
The word, "hamam", originating from the Arabic hamma (means "heating up"), means steam bath and is based on the heating of cold water. Baths served as health centres among the ancient Greeks and have been an important part of daily life in Istanbul since Roman and Byzantine times.
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