Bazaars and Market Halls
Monumental covered / permanent enclosed markets (opposite to market places in the open air).
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Al-Ahsa Oasis | al-Qaysariyah market for food, spices and fabric (AB ev) | |
| Aleppo | Souk | |
| Bahla Fort | the inscription include souq, the Bahla Souq with few covered market halls. | |
| Belfries | The belfry's "imposing volume formed either an isolated feature or a central or lateral element of the market halls, themselves often rebuilt in stone at an early date." (1999 AB Ev) Market halls are included in Bruges, Dendermonde, Ghent, Herentals, Mechelen, Nieuwpoort, Roeselare, Sint-Truiden and Ypres. | |
| Brugge | The "Stadshallen" were a commercial and administrative complex that served as a place for commercial activities and storage. | |
| Bukhara | Tak-i Zargaron, a multiple dome-covered bazaar | |
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | Tavistock | |
| Damascus | Al-Hamidiyah Souk | |
| Diamantina | Old Market Hall (constructed in 1835) | |
| Florence | Saint Lawrence's Market, made of cast iron and glass | |
| Guanajuato | Mercado Hidalgo | |
| Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | ||
| Historic Cairo | Khan el-Khalili | |
| Istanbul | Grand Bazaar | |
| Kraków | Underneath the Cloth Market at the Rynok Square | |
| Medina of Tunis | Souq el-Attarine | |
| Meidan Emam, Esfahan | Isfahan Grand Bazaar | |
| Old City of Acre | Souk | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Cotton Market, the Cardo | |
| Oporto | Mercado do Bolhão | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | "The Palazzo della Ragione is a medieval market hall, town hall and palace of justice building in Padua (...) the ground floor still hosts the historical covered market of the city." | |
| Plečnik's Ljubljana | Plecnik's Market (Nomination file, p. 64-67) | |
| Red Fort | Chhatta Chowk and Meena Bazaar in the Red Fort Complex | |
| Salvador de Bahia | Mercado Modelo | |
| Samarkand | Siyob Bazaar | |
| Selimiye Mosque | covered Arasta bazaar | |
| Split | Fish Market Hall | |
| Stone Town of Zanzibar | Darajani Market | |
| São Luis | Mercado das Tulhas (19th century) | |
| Tabriz Bazaar | ||
| Yazd | Khan Bazaar |
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