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Octagonal Pavilion, Sitorai Mohi Khosa
An eight-sided pavilion in the emir's summer palace north of Bukhara, now showing gold-embroidered clothing of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Alim Khan's Palace, Sitorai Mohi Khosa
The main building of the last emir's summer palace outside Bukhara, built in 1912–1920 with European fronts and Bukharan interiors.
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About the place
Emir Alim Khan, the last ruler of Bukhara, built this new palace in the grounds of Sitorai Mohi Khosa, "palace like the stars and the moon", in 1912–1920. Leading Bukharan masters such as Usta Shirin Murodov worked on it alongside two Russian engineers, which shows in the mix of European outer form and carved and painted Eastern rooms.
The main building now holds the display of the summer palace interior: 19th–20th century palace furniture, Chinese and Japanese porcelain, art objects from Russia, Bukharan jewellery and gold-embroidered panels. The palace is about 4 km north of the city on the Samarkand road.
Why go
- Home of the last emir of Bukhara
- European fronts, Bukharan interiors
- Museum of decorative arts
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Sitorai Mohi Khosa Palace
The summer palace of the last emirs of Bukhara, on the northern edge of the city, mixing European and local styles; now a museum of applied arts.
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Samarkand Gate, Bukhara
A rebuilt gate in the north-east of Bukhara's old city wall, first raised in the 16th century, pulled down in 1939 and reconstructed in recent years.
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Fayzabad Khanqah
A late 16th-century Sufi lodge east of Bukhara's old town, built around a square domed hall and now used as a mosque.
