caravansary

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This caravansary in Iran was built in the twelfth century and served as a fortified place for travelers to rest.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

He was married now and partook zealously in the Manhattan social caravansary.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021

With the vast and sparsely populated landscapes of “The Revenant,” I wanted Alejandro González Iñárritu’s balletic cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki to swivel the camera around to show the teeming crew and the high-tech caravansary behind them.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 11, 2015

The beach and adjacent campground looked like a hybrid of refugee camp and a tailgate party, with a winding caravansary of tarp canopies, trailers, smoking grills, windmills, kites and ancient conversion vans.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2011

They were to meet them in four months’ time at the caravansary in Alkonost, where the full delegation would assemble to strike out together across the Elmuthaleth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor