Key facts
- Location
- Istanbul Turkey
- Type
- Covered Bazaar
- Beginning date
- 1660 ; 366 years ago ( 1660 )
- Completion date
- After 1660
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Spice Bazaar (Turkish: Mısır Çarşısı, meaning "Egyptian Bazaar") in Istanbul, Turkey, is one of the largest bazaars in the city. Located in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district, it is the most famous covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spice Bazaar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.