The Bezisten in Yambol was built around 1509 - 1510 during the time of Sultan Bayazid II. It is the only open covered market in Bulgaria, preserved in its original form.
The dimensions of the building are: length - 50 m, width - 20 m, height - 15 m. Yambol Bezisten is called the "Bezisten bullet" because it is one of the two domes of the Ottoman Empire with lead coating. The legend tells that Eski Mosque and the Bezisten are built with stones from the Yambol fortress, captured in 1373 by the troops of the Bey Timurtash.

In the Ottoman Empire, there were 100 bezistens. The Bezistens in the Balkans are in Yambol, Salonika, Larisa, Sarajevo, Skopie, Bitola, Serres and Shumen.
The meaning of the word "bezisten" is a place where people buy clothes. This is the original purpose of the building and later at this place merchants sell other goods. There were over 150 workshops and shops in the building and around it.

The Bezisten in Yambol impresses the travelers who visited the city at different times. The most detailed description about him is given by Evlia Chelebi who visited Yambol in the spring of 1667 on his way from the Crim to Constantinopole. He notes that the city is "a nice city with nice air and tasty water, with gardens and vineyards, situated on a height and facing Tundja." Moving to the description of economic life in the city, he mentions this "the solid Bezisten with four iron doors". "Such a lively and ornate Bezisten in no other country”. All the valuable things are in it are in abundance and in pricelessness "sums up the traveler.
The building of the covered market overcomes the vicissitudes of fate. In the years of the 1877 - 1878 Liberation War, the Turkish army turned it into a military warehouse. During the Serbian - Bulgarian War of 1885, the Bezisten building was used as a warehouse for hospital and army and later during the Balkan wars and the First World War for storage for deficient goods such as gas, salt, soap, sugar. After 1918 it was turned into a tobacco warehouse.

In 1924, the Bezisten was proclaimed a "people's old age" by King Boris III. From 1924 to 1926 the building was renovated. In 1926 the Bezisten opened doors as a city hall. The initiative is one of the most active Yambol mayors- Stoyan Mitev.
In 1970 - 1973, the Bezisten was restored in a form close to the original one and adapted to the conditions of the modern city.

In 1972, Bezisten was declared as a cultural monument of national importance.
Under the Operational Program "Regional Development" 2007 - 2013, project "Improvement and popularization of leading tourist attractions in Yambol", Bezisten is adapted to perform the functions of a modern Cultural Information Center.