Bezisten – trading houses built in Macedonia in the period of Turkish rule, in which canvas and precious goods were sold. They were most often built of stone, covered with cubes and semi-cylinder vaults and looked massively. Were located within the bazaars. Regarding the architectural composition of the base, they could be divided into smaller shops with internal communications or as one-end spaces. Doors were usually iron or chained with iron. The lighting was zenitarian, with the openings of the cubes and the vaults. Bezeen in Macedonia originate from ⅹⅴ and ⅹⅴⅰ c., Some are renewed later. The Bezisten in Stip (ⅹⅴⅰ) adapted to an art gallery, in Bitola and Skopje (ⅹⅴ), which was restored on the old remains at the end of the ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ century. Lit.: K. Tomovski, Bezisten in Stip, Proceedings of Stip Museum, 1961, 97-102; T. Arsovski, Old Skopje Bazaar, Skopje, 1971; L. Kumbari – Bogojevic, Ottoman monuments in Skopje, Skopje, 1998, 144-147. Cr. T.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис БЕЗИСТЕН