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Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts
Central Asia's largest exhibition hall, a 1970s modernist building in central Tashkent that shows changing art exhibitions.
Blue Domes Café
A cluster of turquoise domes on a central Tashkent boulevard, a café pavilion of 1968–1970 that became a symbol of the rebuilt Soviet city.
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About the place
After the 1966 earthquake the centre of Tashkent was rebuilt, and the old Lenin boulevard became a chain of themed gardens. The young architect Vil Muratov designed this small café for it, topping it with a group of blue-tiled domes that nod to the city's historic mosques.
The pavilion soon turned up on postcards and gave its name to the boulevard itself. In 2019 it was added to Uzbekistan's national list of protected heritage, one of the few Soviet modernist buildings on it.
Why go
- Soviet modernism with a local accent
- Protected heritage since 2019
- On a boulevard in the city centre
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Cotton Fountain
A protected fountain of 1950 on Theatre Square in front of the Alisher Navoi Theatre in Tashkent.
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Zhemchug (Pearl) House
An experimental concrete apartment tower on Buyuk Turon street, finished in 1985 and known for its open shared courtyards stacked high above the street.
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Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre
The city's opera house, completed in 1947 to a design by Alexey Shchusev, with foyers decorated by craftsmen from different regions of Uzbekistan.