The bedesten (from the Turkish word for a covered market building) in Larissa is an Ottoman-era enclosed commercial structure, one of the few remaining examples of this building type in Greece. Bedestenlar were the anchors of Ottoman commercial life — secure, covered arcades where merchants stored and sold valuable goods, from textiles to spices to metalwork. The Larissa bedesten dates from the 17th century, when the city was a major trading hub on the route between Istanbul and western Greece.
The structure is partially ruined but its vaulted stone bays are intact enough to convey the scale and character of the original market. It stands in the old commercial quarter near Frourio Hill, adjacent to the mosque and bathhouse that together once formed the centre of Ottoman civic life. The building is not normally open to the public inside, but the exterior can be walked around.