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Identification
Name
The Grand Bazaar
Alternative name
The Covered Bazaar , Kapalicarsi
Emporis Building ID
107296
Location
Address as text
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District
Eminönü
City
Istanbul
State
Marmara Region
Country
Turkey
Technical Data
Construction start
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Construction end
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Population
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Structure in General
Construction type
low-rise building
Current status
existing [completed]
Usages
Side usages
commercial
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
UNESCO landmark
Facts
The Grand Bazaar is the world's largest covered building, with over 75 acres of covered area, compared to Washington DC's Pentagon (34 acres) and the Giza Pyramid in Egypt (13 acres).
It is the world's oldest shopping mall, with 25,000 merchants, 4400 shops, 2200 rooms, 40 inns and 65 "covered streets".
It was built during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II "The Conqueror", the Ottoman emperor who took Constantinople (Istanbul) on May 29th, 1453, and made it the new capital city of the Ottoman Empire.
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