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| n | 17 | The '''Bazaar of Tabriz''' ([[Modern Persian|Persian]] بازار تبریز, ''Bāzār-e Tabriz'') is one of the oldest [[bazaar]]s of the [[Middle East]] and the largest covered bazar in the world.<!-- It is said that it is the largest closed one-roofed structure in the world.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}--> {{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} It was inscribed as [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] in July 2010.<ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/642 named]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gICG1BlAHQY5MpkJwiP13OoklQEgD9HATD9O1 ]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1346 |title=Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex - UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date=2010-07-31 |accessdate=2012-08-02}}</ref> | n | 17 | The '''Bazaar of Tabriz''' ([[Modern Persian|Persian]] بازار تبریز, ''Bāzār-e Tabriz'') is one of the oldest [[bazaar]]s of the [[Middle East]] and the largest covered bazar in the world.<!-- It is said that it is the largest closed one-roofed structure in the world.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}--> {{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} It was inscribed as [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/642 |title=named |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date= |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gICG1BlAHQY5MpkJwiP13OoklQEgD9HATD9O1 ]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1346 |title=Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex - UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date=2010-07-31 |accessdate=2012-08-02}}</ref> |
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| 19 | [[Tabriz]] has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity. Its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centres on the Silk Road. Located in the center of the city of [[Tabriz]], [[Iran]], this spectacular structure consists of several sub-bazaars, such as Amir Bazaar (for gold and jewelry), Mozzafarieh (a carpet bazaar), a shoe bazaar, and many other ones for various goods. The most prosperous time of Tabriz and its bazaar was in 16th century when the town became the capital city of the [[Safavid]] kingdom. The city lost its status as a capital in the 17th century, but its bazaar has remained important as a commercial and economic center.<ref name="Ali Assari">{{cite journal|last=Assari|first=Ali|coauthors=T.M. Mahesh|title=COMPARATIVE SUSTAINABILITY OF BAZAAR IN IRANIAN TRADITIONAL CITIES: CASE STUDIES IN ISFAHAN AND TABRIZ|journal=International Journal on Technical and Physical Problems of Engineering|year=2011|month=December|volume=3|issue=9|pages=18–24|url=http://www.iotpe.com/IJTPE/IJTPE-2011/IJTPE-Issue9-Vol3-No4-Dec2011/3-IJTPE-Issue9-Vol3-No4-Dec2011-pp18-24.pdf|accessdate=7 January 2013}}</ref> | 19 | [[Tabriz]] has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity. Its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centres on the Silk Road. Located in the center of the city of [[Tabriz]], [[Iran]], this spectacular structure consists of several sub-bazaars, such as Amir Bazaar (for gold and jewelry), Mozzafarieh (a carpet bazaar), a shoe bazaar, and many other ones for various goods. The most prosperous time of Tabriz and its bazaar was in 16th century when the town became the capital city of the [[Safavid]] kingdom. The city lost its status as a capital in the 17th century, but its bazaar has remained important as a commercial and economic center.<ref name="Ali Assari">{{cite journal|last=Assari|first=Ali|coauthors=T.M. Mahesh|title=COMPARATIVE SUSTAINABILITY OF BAZAAR IN IRANIAN TRADITIONAL CITIES: CASE STUDIES IN ISFAHAN AND TABRIZ|journal=International Journal on Technical and Physical Problems of Engineering|year=2011|month=December|volume=3|issue=9|pages=18–24|url=http://www.iotpe.com/IJTPE/IJTPE-2011/IJTPE-Issue9-Vol3-No4-Dec2011/3-IJTPE-Issue9-Vol3-No4-Dec2011-pp18-24.pdf|accessdate=7 January 2013}}</ref> | ||
| t | 20 | Although, numerous modern shops and malls have been established nowadays, the bazaar of Tabriz has remained the economic heart of both the city and northwestern of Iran.<ref>[http://chap.sch.ir/ketabDetail.asp?id=215 Editorial Board, East Azarbaijan Geography, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2000 Text Book in Persian]</ref> | t | 20 | Although, numerous modern shops and malls have been established nowadays, the bazaar of Tabriz has remained the economic heart of both the city and northwestern of Iran.<ref>[http://chap.sch.ir/ketabDetail.asp?id=215 Editorial Board, East Azarbaijan Geography, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2000 Text Book in Persian]{{dead link|date=May 2013}}</ref> |
| 21 | It is worthy of mention that Tabriz bazaar has been being an important political place, and one can point out its importance in the [[Iranian Constitutional Revolution]] in the last century and [[Islamic Revolution]] in the contemporary time. | 21 | It is worthy of mention that Tabriz bazaar has been being an important political place, and one can point out its importance in the [[Iranian Constitutional Revolution]] in the last century and [[Islamic Revolution]] in the contemporary time. | ||