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Old Bazaars’ Network
There
are two kinds of roofed bazaars in Yazd, which are built
on the principles of traditional architecture and civil
engineering:
Bazaar-cheh (Small
Bazaar)
These small bazaars usually form the center of the
city’s old neighborhoods and they are to meet the daily
requirements of the residents of each neighborhood. In
other words, the scope of the activities of these small
bazaars is the neighborhood, and they include a bakery, a
butcher’s shop, a traditional apothecary, a green
grocer’s, one or few small workshops, a mosque, and an
underground water reservoir. The small bazaars of Kushk
No, shah Abolqasem and Qolam-ali Khorasani are of this
type.
Bazaar
What we now see as a network of Yazd’s old bazaars is an
extensive urban architectural complex located at the south
of the city and includes several bazaar passages, trade
compounds and houses, mosques, squares, schools,
underground water reservoirs, caravanserais and workshops.
This complex operates on a regional, and to some extent,
national basis.
This
complex, which is indeed the backbone of the old city of
Yazd, was divided into half by the establishment of the
Shah, during the Pahlavi era and some of its main parts
such as the Shoe-makers’ Bazaar, Mohammad Ali Khan
Bazaar and Panjeh Ali Bazaar were demolished.
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