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Atlihan Handcraft Bazaar

Atlihan has built by Takattin bey who used to be one of the important land owners of Eskisehir in 1880s for encampment of the sellers, tradesmen and villagers and their horses and other animals coming to the Eskisehir from surrounding villages.

Atlihan that had served as an inn for the people coming from surrounding villages, towns and cities untill the years ofthe war of independence, has been passed into other hands for lots of times and then abandoned.
 
Atlihan has become abandoned after the damages and fires experienced in years have been reconstructed on the same area in 2006 in accordance with its original architecture within the scope of “ The Survival Project for the Houses of Odunpazari.”

AtlihanCovering 67m2 of area is a structure that includes the traditional architectural issues. There are stores in Atlihan that is consisted of two floors as the ground floor and on the first floor, where the meerschaum, silver, earthenware and glass ateliers and other traditional handicrafts are exhibited and sold.

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30 Ocak Çarşamba, 2013
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Flavio Reghini
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small but attractive
this little bazaar is hard to find and has very simple look from outside but once you get inside the large courtyard surrounded with lovely shops will catch you. cheap priced wonderfull hand made ornaments will fill your bag and decorate your home