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Arab Souk (Old City) The Arab Souk Couk, also known as the Arab Souq Couq, Arabic Market of Wondrous Expectations or Suq El-Bazar, is a large bazaar occupying approximately 100 acres (400,000 m 2) of area in the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] About 800 merchants operate a variety of businesses in closely-packed shop stalls along a network of ...
Khan Bazar, Khankendi Kolkhoz (or Merkezi) Bazaar (Kolkhoz (Central) Bazaar), SumgaitKohna Bazaar (), GanjaOrtulu Bazar, Shamakhi Sharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), Baku Sharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), Sumgait
A bazaar [a] or souk [b] is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, [1] especially in the Middle East, [2] [1] the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. [1] They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that had doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace.
Khan el-Khalili ( Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
1884. The Al-Hamidiyeh Souq ( Arabic: سُوق ٱلْحَمِيدِيَّة, romanized : Sūq al-Ḥamīdīyeh) is the largest and the central souk in Syria, located inside the old walled city of Damascus next to the Citadel. The souq is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) long [1] [2] and 15 metres (49 ft) wide, [1] and is covered by a 10-metre (33 ft ...
The Grand Bazaar ( Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market’ [1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops [2] [3] on a total area of 30,700 m 2, [4] attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily ...
Souk al-Safafeer (Arabic: سوق الصفافير) is an ancient souk or bazaar in Baghdad, Iraq, that branches off al-Rasheed Street and connects to al-Mustansiriya Madrasa. The souk was established in Central Baghdad on the shores of the Tigris River in the Abbasid period and has been active ever since. Traditionally, the souk's craftsmen are ...
Arab Souk (Old City) is a large bazaar occupying approximately 100 acres (400,000 m 2) of area in the Old City of Jerusalem. [5] The Mahane Yehuda Market, Shuk Mahane Yehuda ), often referred to as "The Shuk " ( Hebrew: השוק, HaShuq), [6] is a marketplace (originally open-air, but now partially covered) in Jerusalem.