The arcaded court
Stone carvings.
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Kuršumli An is the most striking of the Old Bazaar's caravanserais, the inns where merchants and their animals stopped on the trade roads of the Ottoman Balkans. It was built in the 15th or 16th century, and its name, «the lead inn», comes from the lead that once covered its many small domes. The walls form a square around an inner courtyard. Rooms on the ground floor held goods, the upper floor held sleeping quarters, and there were stables for about a hundred horses; at times the building also served as a prison. Today its arcaded courtyard displays stone carvings and inscriptions from the collection of the museum next door, which makes it a calm, shaded stop away from the bustle of the bazaar. It stands at the northern edge of the bazaar beside the Museum of North Macedonia, close to Suli An and the covered Bezisten market. Visitor guides list a small entry fee in denars.
Stone carvings.
Once clad in lead.
In the bazaar's heart.
Northern edge of the Old Bazaar, beside the Museum of North Macedonia, Skopje
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Kale FortressKale, from the Turkish word for fortress, crowns the highest point of Skopje's o5 minutes walk4.2
Sultan Murad MosqueSultan Murad Mosque stands on a low hill in the middle of the Old Bazaar, beside5 minutes walk4.7
Daut Pasha HamamDaut Pasha Hamam is a 15th-century Ottoman bathhouse at the southern entrance to6 minutes walk4.5Its courtyard displays stone carvings and inscriptions from the collection of the Museum of North Macedonia next door.