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Mugtepa (Ancient Kasan)

Mound of ancient Kasan, an early capital of the Fergana Valley, in Mugqala village, Kosonsoy district; nationally listed in 2019.

Archaeology

About the place

Mugtepa is the mound of ancient Kasan, the walled inner town of a city that flourished in antiquity and is remembered as one of the early capitals of the Fergana Valley. It rises in Mugqala village in Kosonsoy district, north of Namangan.

The site has been on the national heritage list since 2019 and is among the places proposed in Uzbekistan's UNESCO nomination of the Fergana–Syr Darya corridor of the Silk Roads, which has not yet been inscribed. There is little on the surface beyond earthen ramparts, so come for the view and the history; thirty minutes is enough.

Why go

  • Inner town of ancient Kasan
  • Part of a UNESCO Silk Roads nomination
  • Earthen ramparts above the village

Nearby

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  • Museums

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  • Afsonalar Vodiysi ParkAttractions

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    Afsonalar Vodiysi Park

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  • Mulla Bozor Okhund ShrineMausoleums

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    Mulla Bozor Okhund Shrine

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