Where I am : Gray Icons Activities Cultural Tourism Other Historical Buildings Merzifon Tashan (Stone Khan)
Merzifon Taşhan is located right next to Kara Mustafa Paşa Camii and Bedesten in Merzifon. The epigraph is lost, therefore the exact date of construction is not known. However, by looking at the architectural characteristics of the building, it is dated to the seventeenth century. The rectangular structure is built of hewn stone and bricks. The entrance to the building is through the round arched doorway on the southern façade. The shops on the first floor of this two-storey structure are separated from one another by lancet arches so as to form small cloisters that look outside. The inner area is a hypaethral patio. In the northern part of the patio, there is a portico created by lancet arches over stone columns. Beyond this portico there are alcoves built on corbels and below these are the stables for the animals. On the eastern and western sides of the portico there are chambers facing the inner space. There are cloisters on the second floor as well. The cloisters on the eastern and western sides of the ground floor are finished with cross vaults. Beyond these vaults are domed rooms with a single window. The arches of the cloisters on the southern and northern walls have been bonded and birdhouses have been placed into these walls. Two fountains before the cloisters of the northern wall add a unique beauty to the inner space.