Sambungan dari entry Grand Bazaar...
Selepas ronda-ronda dalam Grand Bazaar, keluar ke lorong kecil ditepi Grand Bazaar, Lorong Sahaflar namanya..masuk pula ke Sahaflar Bazaar (Kitabcilar Carsisi)..
entrance ke Sahaflar Bazaar & jalan shortcut ke
Beyazit Camii, Istanbul Universitesi & Beyazit State Library
Sahaflar Çarşısı (Old Book Bazaar) is located between Fesçiler Gate and
Beyazit Square in the Fatih district of Istanbul, and has been in place
since the 15th century. Traditionally, during the Ottoman period,
bookstores were situated close to theological schools, known as
madrasahs. After the Bazaar was constructed in 1460, the bookstores were
gathered in a specially designated section.
printing press kepada Empayar Uthmaniyah
Dari Sahaflar Bazaar, ada laluan ke Masjid Beyazit (Beyazit Camii).
Masuk ke dalam masjid dari pintu belakang
Keluar dari masjid, terus ke kawasan yang terbentang luas - Beyazit Square (Beyazit Meydani). Berhadapan dengan pintu utama Istanbul Universiti.
Di sini juga ada Beyazit State Library, yang dulunya ialah bangunan soup kitchen (imaret) dan caravanserai dalam kompleks Masjid Beyazit.
Beyazit State Library
First founded in 1884, the State Library building was originally the
soup kitchen and caravanserai of a complex that included a kitchen, a
primary school, a hospital, a madrasah and a hammam.The library is a section of the Kulliyah of the Beyazıt Mosque- the
oldest surviving imperial mosque in the city- built by Sultan Beyazıt II
and completed in 1506.
Ditukar kpd perpustakaan oleh Sultan Abdul Hamid II
pada tahun 1884
sumber : istanbul.gov.tr
Cantik interior library ni..
