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Urgut and its bazaar
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Chorchinor Garden
Shady garden of giant plane trees on the edge of Urgut, said to be over a thousand years old, with a 1914 mosque and madrasa and a spring.
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About the place
Chorchinor, Persian for four plane trees, is a garden on the southern edge of Urgut, about 35 to 40 km and an hour's drive from Samarkand. Local legend holds that its oldest plane trees are more than a thousand years old. Their trunks are so wide that one hollow tree has a small room inside it.
A mosque and madrasa were built in the garden in 1914 by the master Abduqodir, and a spring feeds the pools between the trees. The deep shade makes it a cool stop on hot days. Allow about an hour, and combine it with the Sunday bazaar in Urgut.
Why go
- Plane trees said to be over 1000 years old
- Room inside a hollow tree
- Mosque and madrasa of 1914
Sources (1)
- 1.Wikidata
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