Istanbul's historical Spice Bazaar to be restored
Sunday, April 4, 2010
The historical tarihi"Spice Bazaar" (Mısır Çarşısı) in Istanbul, which is a popular tourist attraction cazibe that offers a wide range çeşitlilik of products ürün such as herbs ot,spices baharat and plants, will be restored.
The restoration of the 350-year-old marketplace pazaryeri, çarşı will start once the survey teftiş and remodeling projects are approved by the cultural protection council meclis, officials said on Friday.
Within the scope kapsam of the restoration process, the existing window frames çerçeve of the bazaar will be changed with wooden frames, display windows of shops will be re-arranged, the facade cephe of the building will be cleaned, the original iron doors will be repaired and the floors will be resurfaced with stone.
The Spice Bazaar had two big fires in history, one in 1691 and the other in 1940. After the disaster felaket in 1940, the historical marketplace was under restoration for three years. Experts say the bazaar lost its unique eşsiz unique layout düzenleme during that period dönem. Then the bazaar almost burned down completely in the great fire of January 1691.
Located just behind the Yeni Mosque in Eminönü, the Spice Bazaar was built in 1660 by architect Kazım Ağa at the behest emir of Sultan Turhan.
It gains its Turkish name, "Mısır Çarşısı" (Egyptian Bazaar), from the fact that it once received income gelir from taxes vergi levied haczetmek on Egypt. The English name hails from the days when the bazaar specialized in the sale satış of herbs and spices baharat, medicinal plants and drugs.
While the color and aroma pervading kaplamak the covered hallways koridor may have since faded solmak to some extent, a small number of shops continue to stock traditional products. In addition, one can find sacks çuval and shelves groaning under the weight of dried fruits and nuts kabuklu yemiş, teas and infusions, oils and essences ruh,sweetmeats tatlı,honeycombs petek and aphrodisiacs.
The Spice Bazaar is open daily except Sundays and public holidays.
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