Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Edirne)
Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Turkish: Rüstem Paşa Kervansarayı) is a caravanserai located in Edirne (formerly Adrianople in English), northwestern Turkey, commissioned by Ottoman statesman and grand vizier Rüstem Pasha and built by court architect Mimar Sinan in 1561. The building is used today as a hotel with 110 rooms after two years of redevelopment.
It`s two-storey rectangle construction with courtyard and hammam. In the front part, 21 shops are housed. In the courtyard used to be a well area and a mescite; He was destroyed during the siege by the Russians 1877/1878. The commercial courtyard was a marketing place for domestic silk moth for centuries, which were grown in the area of Edirne. The building was restored in 1972 and converted into a hotel.
References
- ^ Akçil, N. Çiçek. "Rüstem Paşa Kervansarayı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Zeray, Ali Can (22 October 2018). "Tarihi kervansaray, 110 odalı otel olarak hizmet verecek". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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