16 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 16 sights are available in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Sightseeing Tours in Bukhara

1. 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)

2. Darvozai Sallohhona

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The Gate of Salakhon (Salohhon) is a gateway recreated at the former site in Bukhara (Uzbekistan). The first time was erected in the second half of the 16th century, under the Uzbek ruler Abdullah Khan II, in the then capital of the Bukhara Khanate. It was installed on the south-eastern part of the Bukhara Fortress Wall. "The town was connected to the nearby villages, ""the movement through them was relatively small.""" "The demolition, with the adjacent urban wall, under the Soviet power on 17 May 1939, was ""destructing normal movement in the city.""" Recreated 2012. They are among the four recreated pre-destructed and 11 ever existing gates of Bukhara. They are on the street. A. Took mahalli to them. Hamid Alimjan.

Wikipedia: Ворота Саляххона (RU)

3. Xo'ja Zayniddin majmuasi

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The temple of Hoja Zayniddin is a monumental monument in Bukhara ; A historical monument erected by master Mir Dostumbi in honor of Imam al-Buxorah on the initiative of Zayniddin during the Siberian dynasty of the Persian Empire. It is located on the outskirts of Hoja Zayniddin, southwest of the city. There are mosques, pools, schools, buildings, and mosques for visitors. (Matthew 24:14; 28:19, 20) Today, the complex is listed on the National Register of Non-Expendable Property of material and cultural heritage in Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia: Xoʻja zaynuddin majmuasi (UZ)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. Medrese Nadir Devonbegi

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Nodir-Divan-Bogi Madrasah is a madrassah in Bukhara, which is part of the architectural ensemble of the XVI-XVII centuries Lyabi-House. The madrasah was built in 1622-1623. The visitor of the Imamkuli-Khan with the Uzbek dignitary Nadir Divan-Begs as a caravanserara, but was later converted into a madrasah. In 1993, the madrasah, together with other monuments of the historical center of Bukhara, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wikipedia: Медресе Диван-Беги (RU)

7. Zindon

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ZindonDavid Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0

Bukhara Istison - prison of the Emir of Bukhara. At the end of the XVIIII century, it was built during the Mangit dynasty and was one of the largest prison in the Bukhara Emirate. The Bukhara Revolution, the collapse of the monarchy and is closed after the Bukhara People's Soviet Republic was established. He is currently one of the sights of the city. Currently, the Museum of History of Bukhara Law and Legislation is located here.

Wikipedia: Buxoro zindoni (UZ)

8. Namozgoh

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The temple of Bukhara is a monumental monument in Bukhara. It was one of the mosques built to pray during the Festival of Booths. It was built in the 11th century by Shams al-Muluk (1068-1080) behind the Gate of Prayer in the southern part of Bucharest during the Koranites' dynasty that ruled Bucharest. It was built during the 11th and 17th centuries. Uzbekistan is listed as a national object of material and cultural heritage.

Wikipedia: Buxoro namozgohi (UZ)

9. 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)

10. Toqi Sarrofon

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Toki Sarrofon was an architectural monument and one of the main money-exchange shopping centers in Bukhara. This architectural monument was built during the reign of the demonic ruler Ubaidulakhon in 1534—1535. Currently included in the national list of real estate objects of the material and cultural architecture of Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia: Toqi Sarrofon (UZ)

11. 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)

12. Toqi telpakfurushon

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Telpakfurushon is a traditional indoor bazaar in the historic centre of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was built in the 16th century, or rather in 1570-1571, during the formal rule of Iskander Khan from the Sheibanid Uzbek dynasty. The actual ruler of the Bukhara Khanate at that time was his son Abdullah Khan II.

Wikipedia: Тельпак-Фурушон (RU)

13. 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)

14. могила Хазрати Ходжа Карим

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Nadir Devonbegi Kharaqohoq - The architectural monument in Bukhara. The minister of the Bukhara Khanali Khanam was built by Imamkulikhan's minister and the uncle Djonbeggi (1620-1621). Khanaqoh is included in the National List of the Material and Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia: Nodir devonbegi xonaqohi (UZ)

15. 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)

16. Church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara

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The temple of the Archangel Mikhail is the current Orthodox Church of the Tashkent and Uzbek diocese of the Central Asian Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the city in Bukhara.

Wikipedia: Храм Архангела Михаила (Бухара) (RU)

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