Kapalicarsi is located in between the Mosques of Nuri Osmaniye and Beyazid and the Mahmutpaşa Bazaar. Kapalicarsi is a big market, composed of shops covered with roofs and domes. Although it does not have a proper shape, it has 30700 m square area. It has hundreds of silver plated domes with many windows. The Kapalicarsi is constructed on the remains of a Byzantine building called the Old Bedesten (covered market). The Kapalicarsi’s jewellery trade parts were built by Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror, and the major parts were built by Kanuni Sultan Suleyman from wood. After a many of earthquakes and fires, the Kapalicarsi was restored many times, it has 2 restaurants, 4399 shops, 2195 rooms, 497 cupboards, 12 treasure rooms, 1 mosque, 10 Mescid (small mosques), 1 Turkish bath, 19 fountains, 8 wells, 24 inns, 1 school, and 1 tomb. The names of the streets in the bazaar is given through the sales products. It is still a very important trade centre.

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