MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Sayyid Mahruyjan Complex
A memorial complex of madrasas around a revered tomb in Khiva's outer town, built in 1884 on the orders of Muhammad Rahim Khan II.
Qosh Darvoza
The early-20th-century north gate of Khiva's outer town, Dishan Kala, on the Urgench road: a double passage under four domes between crenellated towers.
EnsemblesEarly 20th century
About the place
Qosh Darvoza, the "double gate", is the northern entrance to Dishan Kala, the outer walled town of Khiva, where the road from Urgench comes in. It dates from the early twentieth century. Its passage is split into two lanes under a square hall of four domes resting on a central pillar, with pointed arches opening to both sides.
Massive towers flank the openings and are joined at the top by an arcade with stepped crenellations between the small domes of the corner towers. Rooms on either side, entered through pointed niches, probably served as a guardroom, a court and a customs office.
Why go
- Double passage under four domes
- Crenellated arcade between the towers
- The old northern entry to Khiva from Urgench
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FortressesUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Bogcha Darvoza (North Gate)
The nineteenth-century north gate of Khiva's walled Itchan Kala, a domed passage flanked by towers with rooms for guards and customs officers.
FortressesUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Itchan Kala walls and gates
Thick mud-brick walls with rounded towers that ring the inner town of Khiva, entered through four gates facing the four directions.
Ensembles1 km away
Amir Tura Madrasa
A plain-fronted 1870s madrasa near the north gate of Itchan Kala in Khiva, paid for by the elder brother of Muhammad Rahim Khan II.