Sultanhanı Travel pictures from Turkey by Günther Eichhorn

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Anatolia was on some of the very important trade routes. Along these trade routes were caravanserais, spaced by one day's worth of camel travel.

In Sultanhanı is a stunning Seljuk caravanserai. It was built in 1229 under the Seljuk sultan Alaattin Keykubad I. After a fire in 1278 it was rebuilt to the largest caravanserais in Turkey.

It has an open courtyard, used in the summer, and a covered courtyard, used in winter.

Open courtyard with a small mosque in the middle. (485k)

Decorated entry to the covered courtyard. (617k)

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