What Were Caravanserais?

A thousand years ago, monumental stone caravanserais stretched across the trade routes of Anatolia, in what is now Türkiye. Built during the Seljuk period, these structures provided shelter, food, and protection for merchants, pilgrims, and travellers crossing the Silk Roads.

They were resting places, trade nodes, and cultural meeting points along one of history’s most important networks of exchange.

Many survive today only in fragments. SILK 2.0 brings them back into public memory through immersive digital reconstruction.