Tašlihan — Attraction in City of Sarajevo

The summer garden that is part of Sarajevo’s Europe Hotel was built on top of the remains of Tašlihan, a stone inn (han) that was erected between 1540 and 1543 by the Ottoman Governor, Gazi Husrev Bey.

Tašlihan was one of three caravanserais in Sarajevo (along with Morića Han and Kolobara Han) which served both travelers and horses. A caravanserai was actually a large fort-like structure which could accommodate an entire caravan, with all of the pack horses and merchants.

Caravanserais were usually built on two levels and they would almost always have only one entrance, which would definitely be locked at night! The open courtyard area was reserved for the loading and unloading of goods, it was often paved with cobblestones and there would also be a well or fountain.

On one or more sides of the courtyard there was a wide porch-like area, behind which were storehouses and goods.

One side of the courtyard was reserved for horses and there was usually at least one set of stairs that led from the lower level to the upper floor, where guests had their rooms.

Tašlihan was the largest and most representative inn of its kind in the region and master workmen from Dubrovnik worked on its construction, as well as that of Gazi Husrev Bey’s Bezistan, which was immediately adjacent to it. It’s interesting to note that Tašlihan had cupolas made of lead, which was not the case with other inns in Sarajevo.

Tašlihan experienced fires on several occasions and the last fire in 1879 totally destroyed it. The remains of the inn were removed in 1912, except for the sections of the wall that were built against Bezistan.

While Europe Hotel was being renovated, reconstructed and expanded, archeological excavations were carried out in the hotel’s summer garden area and it was then that sections of Tašlihan’s foundations were uncovered.

In 2004, the Committee for the Preservation of National Monuments in BiH made this archeological site or, more specifically, the remains of Tašlihan, a National Monument of Bosnia and...

Tasli Han (Tašlihan / Stone Inn) was a former caravan inn in Sarajevo, located at the beginning of Baščaršija where today Hotel Europe has a summer garden. The Tasli Han was built during the Ottoman Empire from 1540 – 1543 as Gazi Husrev Beys Vakif (foundation). Gazi Husrev Bay was one of the greatest benefactors of the city of Sarajevo and his Vakif erected a great number of objects and buildings in the city of Sarajevo. Tashlihan (translated into stone han) is a former caravan-saraj, which was located on the site of the present-day garden of the Europe Hotel in Sarajevo. He is the third-ever built stone caravan in Sarajevo. It was built in the period from 1540-1543. year from the legacy of Gazi Husrev-beg, after his death. It is beside the Gazi Husrev-bey Bezistan on its west side. It had a square base, and its length was 47 meters. In his yard, he had chadrvan, on whose columns there was a small mosque. On the first floor there were guest rooms. Domestic and foreign traders had their actions in the Tashlihan. It is believed that this caravan-saraj has served more trade, rather than passenger traffic. The 1879 fire seriously damaged Tashlihan and made...

Taşlıhan, Bosna-Hersek'in başkenti Saraybosna'da bulunan ve Osmanlı dönemine ait önemli tarihi yapılardan biridir.

Tarihi ve Mimari Özellikleri:

İnşaat Yılı ve Kurucusu: Taşlıhan, 1540-1543 yılları arasında Bosna Sancak Beyi Gazi Hüsrev Bey tarafından yaptırılmıştır. Gazi Hüsrev Bey, Saraybosna'nın önemli bir yöneticisi olup birçok önemli yapının inşasına öncülük etmiştir.

Mimari Tarzı: Taşlıhan, klasik Osmanlı han mimarisinin özelliklerini taşır. Hanın yapımında taş ve tuğla kullanılmıştır. Han, ticaret yolları üzerinde kervanların konaklaması için yapılmış olup, geniş bir avluya sahiptir. Hanın içerisinde odalar, depolar ve ahırlar bulunur.

Fonksiyonu: Taşlıhan, hem konaklama hem de ticaret amacıyla kullanılmıştır. Kervansaray olarak işlev görmüş ve tüccarların mal depolamasına ve konaklamasına imkan tanımıştır. Ayrıca, hanın avlusunda ticaret yapılan dükkanlar da yer almıştır.

Restorasyon ve Koruma: Taşlıhan, zaman içerisinde çeşitli doğal afetler ve savaşlar nedeniyle zarar görmüştür. Özellikle 1697 yılında Saraybosna'nın Avusturya ordusu tarafından yakılması sırasında büyük hasar almıştır. 19. yüzyılda bir yangın sonucu yeniden hasar görmüş ve kullanılmaz hale gelmiştir. Günümüzde, Taşlıhan'ın kalıntıları korunmakta ve ziyaretçilere açık tutulmaktadır.

Kültürel ve Tarihi Önemi: Taşlıhan, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde Bosna-Hersek'in ticaret ve konaklama kültürünü yansıtan önemli bir yapıdır. Han, dönemin ekonomik ve sosyal hayatına dair önemli bilgiler sunar. Gazi Hüsrev Bey'in diğer eserleri gibi Taşlıhan da Saraybosna'nın tarihi dokusunun bir parçasıdır.

Taşlıhan'ın kalıntıları, günümüzde Saraybosna'nın tarihi çarşısı olan Başçarşı'da bulunmaktadır. Bu bölge, turistlerin ve yerel halkın sıkça ziyaret ettiği bir yerdir ve Taşlıhan'ın kalıntıları, Saraybosna'nın zengin tarihini ve kültürel mirasını yansıtan önemli bir durak noktasıdır.

Eğer Saraybosna'ya seyahat ediyorsanız, Taşlıhan'ı ziyaret ederek Osmanlı dönemine ait bu önemli yapıyı ve Saraybosna'nın tarihini daha yakından tanıma fırsatını elde...