Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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8.4 km
96 m
Explore Tashkent in Uzbekistan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in TashkentIndividual Sights in TashkentSight 1: Chapel of St. George the Victorious. In memory of Russian soldiers
The Chapel of St. George the Victorious in Tashkent is a monument of pre-revolutionary Russian architecture of Tashkent, a chapel over the mass grave of soldiers who died during the conquest of Tashkent by the Russian Empire.
Wikipedia: Часовня Святого Георгия Победоносца (Ташкент) (RU)
Sight 2: Beshagach Gate
The Gates of Tashkent, in present-day Uzbekistan, were built around the town at the close of the 10th century, but did not survive to the present. The last gate was destroyed in 1890 as a result of the growth of the city, but some of the districts in Tashkent still bear the names of these gates.
Sight 3: Davlat Amaliy San‘at Muzeyi
The State Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan is an art museum located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, founded in 1937 as a temporary exhibition for handicrafts. The museum contains over 4,000 exhibits on decorative art in Uzbekistan, including wood carving, ceramics, embossing, jewelry, gold weaving, embroidery, and samples of mass production in local industry.
Sight 4: Aksaray - Islam Karimov Memorial Museum
Ak Saray Presidential Palace meaning the White Palace in English is public museum which was the official workplace of Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Under former president Karimov, who served from 1991-2016, the palace was the seat of the executive branch in the country. After his death in 2016, the administration of Shavkat Mirziyoyev relocated the official workplace to Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in northeastern Tashkent. The area of the palace is 5460 square meters. There is a reception hall in the palace where guests will be received. There is also a meeting hall, as well as a recreational hall.
Sight 5: Navoi Opera and Theatre
The Navoi Theater is the national opera theater in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Sight 6: Museum of history and archeology
The State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, previously known as the National Museum of Turkestan, was founded in 1876. It is located in Tashkent.
Wikipedia: State Museum of History of Uzbekistan (EN), Website
Sight 7: Tashkent State University of Law
Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) is a public higher educational institution. It is one of the leading Uzbek legal research centers, located in the capital city of Tashkent.
Sight 8: State Museum of Timurid History
The Amir Timur Museum is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It opened in 1996, and is dedicated to the Turco-Mongol warlord Amir Timur (Tamerlane).
Sight 9: Square
The square in the center of Tashkent, now called the Emir Timur Square, was laid out in front of the headquarters of the Turkestan Military District on the initiative of Mikhail Chernyaev and according to the project of the architect Nikolai Ulyanov in 1882 at the intersection of two central streets of the new city - Moskovsky and Kaufmanovsky Prospekt under the name of Konstantinovsky Square. Originally, it was passable.
Sight 10: The Tashkent chiming clock
Ishiya (Alexander) Abramovich Aizenstein is an honorary citizen of Tashkent, the initiator of the installation in the city of chimes, who later became one of the symbols of the city.
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