Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Edirne)

Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Turkish: Rüstem Paşa Kervansarayı) is a caravanserai located in Edirne (formerly Adrianople in English), northwestern Turkey, commissioned by Ottoman statesman and grand vizier Rüstem Pasha and built by court architect Mimar Sinan in 1561.

[1] The building is used today as a hotel with 110 rooms after two years of redevelopment.

[2] It`s two-storey rectangle construction with courtyard and hammam.

In the courtyard used to be a well area and a mescite; He was destroyed during the siege by the Russians 1877/1878.

The commercial courtyard was a marketing place for domestic silk moth for centuries, which were grown in the area of Edirne.