Hidden in a gully lies the lodge itself, a handsome blockhouse modelled on a caravanserai. |
First called Qaysariyyat Darwish Basha, it was later renamed according to its function into Khan al-Harir, the silk caravanserai. |
What a scene it must have been for the immense army of journalists, lobbyists and poules de luxe who follow the Euro parliament's caravanserai from Brussels to Strasbourg. |
I will send you a picture of my caravanserai, into which beasts come in and out. |
In the middle of the façade is the main entrance to the caravanserai, accentuated by a recessed wall that projects about 1.5 m more than the rest of the façade surface. |
In general, the entrance to the caravanserai resembles the entrance to the Madrasa of Qaytbay in the Mamluk Cemetery in Cairo. |