repaired, and communication lines have been built. The roof of the caravanserai was replaced, the right wall of the facade, which was in danger of collapsing, was restored, and all the cells and rooms of the building were restored to their previous appearance. The Shah Abbas caravanserai was restored together with the adjacent Ugurlu Khan Caravanserai. Both caravanserais have 120 rooms, 900 m2 corridor, 4 internal and 3 external entrances. After restoration, it functions as a hotel complex. Architecture The caravanserai is quadrangular in shape. It has two yards, in the back yard, plane trees are planted along the building. The central part of the building consists of eight small arched balconies, and the sides have large arched balconies. The caravanserai has a basement, a kitchen, small and large rooms for guests, stables for pack animals, an open-air teahouse in the yard, and numerous storage and storage rooms. The first floor of the building consists of 17 large arches. On the first floor, inside the right and left walls, cone-shaped slits were made for the guards to stand, and lamps and candles were used to illuminate the interior. This part of the building is windowless. The stairs to the second floor consist of 44 steps and are located inside the caravanserai. The dome that forms the ceiling of the high interior, where the steps are located, has a grid pattern composition in the shape of an eight-pointed star. Also, considering the darkness of the interior, the architect used an eight-pointed light-colored star to solve the problem. Also, a dense, compact junction of the composition was created with the ornament elements of the central part of the dome. Geometric pattern elements spreading from the center to the edges reduce the tension in the composition and give it freedom. The caravanserai had 54 single rooms, 15 large rooms, a shack, a dining room, a tea room, as well as a room used for other purposes, a roof and storerooms. The caravansary was connected to Chokak Hamam and Shah Abbas Mosque by underground roads. See also Sa'd al-Saltaneh Caravanserai Jamalabad Caravanserai External links Ganja Shah Abbas Caravanserai (az) On restoration of Caravanserai (az) Memory of Ganja Stones - Ganja Tv (az) References Safavid architecture Caravanserais in Azerbaijan Buildings and structures in Ganja, Azerbaijan