11 Sights in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

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1. Boloi Hovuz

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Boloi HovuzJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

Bolo Haouz Mosque is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Built in 1712, on the opposite side of the citadel of Ark in Registan district, it is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with other parts of the historic city. It served as a Friday mosque during the time when the emir of Bukhara was being subjugated under the Bolshevik Russian rule in the 1920s. Thin columns made of painted wood were added to the frontal part of the iwan (entrance) in 1917, additionally supporting the bulged roof of summer prayer room. The columns are decorated with colored muqarnas.

Wikipedia: Bolo Haouz Mosque (EN)

2. Chor Minor

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Chor Minor, alternatively known as the Madrasah of Khalif Niyaz-kul, is a historic gatehouse for a now-destroyed madrasa in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It is located in a lane northeast of the Lyab-i Hauz complex. It is protected as a cultural heritage monument, and also it is a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara. In Persian, the name of the monument means "four minarets", referring to the building's four towers.

Wikipedia: Chor Minor (EN)

3. Magʻoki Attori masjidi

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Magʻoki Attori masjidi

Maghoki Attori Mosque is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It forms a part of the historical religious complex of Lyab-i Hauz. The mosque is located in the historical center of Bukhara, about 300 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan, 100 meters southwest of the Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome and 100 meters east of Lab-i Hauz. It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara. Today, the mosque is used as a carpet museum.

Wikipedia: Magok-i-Attari Mosque (EN)

4. Medrese Nadir Devonbegi

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Nodir-Divan-Begi Madrasah is a madrasah in Bukhara, which is part of the architectural ensemble of the XVI-XVII centuries Lyabi-Hauz. The madrasah was built in 1622-1623 by the vizier of Imamkuli Khan, Uzbek dignitary Nadir Divan-begi as a caravanserai, but later it was converted into a madrasah. In 1993, the madrasah, along with other monuments of the historical center of Bukhara, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wikipedia: Медресе Диван-Беги (RU)

5. Mousoleum Chasma Ayub

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Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum is located near the Samani Mausoleum, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Its name means Job's well, due to the legend in which Job (Ayub) visited this place and made a well by striking the ground with his staff. The water of this well is still pure and is considered healing. The current building was constructed during the reign of Timur and features a Khwarazm-style conical dome uncommon in Bukhara.

Wikipedia: Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (EN)

6. Samanid Mausoleum

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Samanid Mausoleum

The Samanid Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in the northwestern part of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, just outside its historic center. It was built in the 10th century CE as the resting place of the powerful and influential Islamic Samanid dynasty that ruled the Samanid Empire from approximately 900 to 1000. It contained three burials, one of whom is known to have been that of Nasr II.

Wikipedia: Samanid Mausoleum (EN)

7. Magoki Kurpa Mosque

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The Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque is a historical mosque in the Uzbek city of Bukhara. It was built in 1637. The mosque is located in the historical center of Bukhara, about 250 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan and 10 meters west of Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome. It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara.

Wikipedia: Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque (EN)

8. Toqi telpakfurushon

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Toki Telpakfurushon is a traditional covered bazaar in the historical center of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was built in the XVI century, or rather in 1570-1571, during the formal reign of Iskander Khan from the Uzbek dynasty of Sheibanids. The actual ruler of the Bukhara Khanate at that time was his son, Abdullah Khan II.

Wikipedia: Тельпак-Фурушон (RU)

9. Cathedral Mosque Balyand Mosque

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Baland Mosque, which means the "upper mosque", is a historical mosque in the ancient city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO along with the whole of the historic old town, this small mosque was built at the beginning of the 16th century in the southern part of the city.

Wikipedia: Baland Mosque (EN)

10. Church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara

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The Church of the Archangel Michael is an active Orthodox church of the Tashkent and Uzbekistan diocese of the Central Asian Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the city of Bukhara.

Wikipedia: Храм Архангела Михаила (Бухара) (RU)

11. Govkushon majmuasi

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The Khoja-Gaukushan Ensemble is one of the largest architectural complexes in the center of Bukhara. Along with a number of other buildings in central Bukhara, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wikipedia: Khoja Gaukushan Ensemble (EN)

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