Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Khan al-Khalili:

Is the most famous Muslim ghettos of old, which is a massive commercial complex, by about 1000 replaced the factory, most of the shops which sell art pieces hand-made ​​from glass, copper, silver, wood, leather and gems Kalyakot, agate, coral, and youwander in this place you will find Nevsm trapped odors of mint andherbs and incense

And you will find there are many industries such as wood carving,and works hand arabesques, and the vaccination of the wood by chance, and engraving on copper and silver, and drawing on papyrus and colored glass, and jewelry industry, contracts and Ivory
This place set up by the Prince owned Jarx Khalili in 1382 AD, that is nearly 600 years
Therefore he was named Khan al-Khalili .. Where the word (Khan) is a Turkish word meaning a place or street .. It was formerly named Saffron soil
Although the place is since 6 centuries but still retains its youth andrenew itself year after year, so that it now displays the latest products from the world of modern fashion, in addition to thefragrant smells in the Middle Place
There is a cafe in the Khan al-Khalili is older than the cafe FishawiBalhasin .. It has existed for 240 years, but the cafe Fishawi monthsbecause it was the confluence of writers and poets

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