aside the bedesten, originally the grand bazaar structures were built with wood, and only after the 1700 fire, they were rebuilt in stone and brickwork, and covered. all the bazaar edifices, except the fur dealers market (), a later addition which is two-story, are one story. the roofs are mainly covered with tiles, while the part burnt in 1954 uses now tarmac. in the bazaar no artificial light was foreseen, also to prevent fires, and smoking was strictly prohibited. the roads outside the inner bedesten are roughly parallel to it. anyway, the damages caused by the many fires and quakes along the centuries, together with the repairs done without a general plan, gave to the market – especially in its western part – a picturesque appearance, with its maze of roads and lanes crossing each other at various angles.