Büyük Han

Büyük Han or English: Great Inn is the biggest caravanserai on the island of Cyprus and is viewed as probably the best structure on the island. Situated in the capital of Cyprus, it was worked by the Ottomans in 1572, the year after they had held onto Cyprus from the Venetians. In the focal point of the open yard is a mosque with a wellspring for pre-supplication ablutions. It turned into the primary city jail under a British organization. In the wake of burning through a large portion of the 1990s being reestablished, the motel has been resuscitated as a flourishing expressions place, comprising of a few exhibitions and workshops. There are likewise a few patio bistros and keepsake shops.

Address: Asmaaltı Sk, Lefkoşa 99010

Function: Caravanserai

The Büyük Han is Cyprus' best-safeguarded case of Ottoman caravanserai design. Worked in 1572 by the primary Ottoman legislative leader of Cyprus, Lala Mustafa Pasha, it was redesigned in the mid-1990s and has by and by becoming the center point of North Nicosia's Old City clamor. The patio is home to two or three bistros, including the ever-well known Sedirhan, and conventional art workshops are housed in the little cells initiating the first-floor gallery that initially filled in as the hotel's resting zones. 

During the Ottoman time frame, Hans (motels) like this one were utilized as inns for voyagers and dealers. The ground-floor rooms rimming the patio worked as stables for ponies, stockpiling regions and shops where dealers could complete their business. 

The focal yard has a mascot (Islamic petition room) in the middle, which is adjusted on six columns over a şadırvan (ablutions wellspring). This plan is uncommon; it's discovered distinctly right now two others in Turkey.

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