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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Qeysariyeh Bazaar is

Qeysariyeh Bazaar is an important historical structure of the Fars province, remarkable for its special architectural style and techniques. It is known that the famous Vakil Bazaar in Shiraz has borrowed its design with the only difference that it was built of brick, while the marketplace in Lar was built of hewn stone. The Qeysariyeh Bazaar consists of four intersecting trade rows, each featuring 24 shops. Each shop possesses a front terrace and its entrance is 3 m wide. At the crossing point of the bazaar's four point of the bazaar's rows is an octagonal superstructure measuring 13,5 x 13,5 m and topped with a cupola about 18 m high .it features a stone inscription in low relief engraved in Nastaliq script. It also possesses a wind-catching tower, which conducted breeze to the bazaar's chambers. A number of Safavid-period caravanserais can be found in the bazaar's vicinity.









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