Kavala also has a beautiful "imaret" - a type of charity association built during the Ottoman period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

More than that, Lychounas said, "It is a new conception of a hotel; the imaret has not renounced its cultural soul as it was saved from ruin.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

His wife, Anna Missran, is a Greek woman who played an important role in restoring the imaret, working hard to refurbish the imaret and turn the structure into a charming hotel with the support of the Egyptian government, which now owns the facility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

"I couldn't bear the idea of the imaret being destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

Of many a dome and fair-roofed imaret.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference