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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL
& CULTURAL NEWS©
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Sections
of Kerman Grand Bazaar Destroyed in Quake
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News
Category:
Cultural
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27
December 2003
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15 places on the roof of the grand bazaar
of Kerman city have been badly damaged in the recent
earthquake which hit the area.
According to head of the Kerman Cultural Heritage
Department Fakurpas, expert teams have been sent to the
site, and preliminary works to prevent the collapse of
other parts of the roof are underway.
A conservator of the cultural heritage Ali Bani Asadi
also visited the site and handed out a report declaring
that the roof of the Ganjali Khan caravanserai is also
damaged.
Kerman Bazaar, like other old bazaars of Iran, had been
set up for producing, buying and selling various items;
it was in direct contact with the six gates of the city,
and its old area was related to different sections of
the city.
The bazaar includes caravanserais and shops in two
perpendicular rows which lead to the important business
parts of the city from four directions, and are always
crowded at the intersection (called Chahar Sough). The
main bazaar, Ibrahim Khan bazaar and the bazaar of
copper works are some of its different sections.
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