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[[File:Bazaar.png|thumb|280px|Ezio inside the grand bazaar.]] | [[File:Bazaar.png|thumb|280px|Ezio inside the grand bazaar.]] | ||
'''The Grand Bazaar''' was a large market in the [[Galata district]] of [[Constantinople]]. | '''The Grand Bazaar''' was a large market in the [[Galata district]] of [[Constantinople]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Grand Bazaar opened to the public in 1461 and was a very popular place with food, spices, pottery, fabric and much more. It was a very famous Turkish landmark and shopping location in the [[Ottoman Empire]]. It was vastly enlarged during the reign of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. | The Grand Bazaar opened to the public in 1461 and was a very popular place with food, spices, pottery, fabric and much more. It was a very famous Turkish landmark and shopping location in the [[Ottoman Empire]]. It was vastly enlarged during the reign of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The modern day Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world with between 250,000 and a half million visitors daily. | *The modern day Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world with between 250,000 and a half million visitors daily. | ||
*The name means "Covered Bazaar" (Turkish: ''Kapalıçarşı''). | *The name means "Covered Bazaar" (Turkish: ''Kapalıçarşı''). | ||
*The Grand Bazaar was seen in the [[Assassin's Creed Revelations|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'']] E3 Demo when [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] walks through it to get to the [[Great Chain]]. | *The Grand Bazaar was seen in the [[Assassin's Creed Revelations|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'']] E3 Demo when [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] walks through it to get to the [[Great Chain]]. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left"> | |||
File:Grand_Bazaar_Constantinople_Assassins_Creed_Concept_by_Nicolas_Bouvier_and_Patrick_Desgreniers.jpg|Concept art of the Bazaar. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Constantinople]] | [[Category:Constantinople]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Landmarks]] | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 30 July 2011
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The Grand Bazaar was a large market in the Galata district of Constantinople.
History
The Grand Bazaar opened to the public in 1461 and was a very popular place with food, spices, pottery, fabric and much more. It was a very famous Turkish landmark and shopping location in the Ottoman Empire. It was vastly enlarged during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Trivia
- The modern day Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world with between 250,000 and a half million visitors daily.
- The name means "Covered Bazaar" (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı).
- The Grand Bazaar was seen in the Assassin's Creed: Revelations E3 Demo when Ezio walks through it to get to the Great Chain.
Gallery
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Concept art of the Bazaar.
