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Teshikkopriktepa

The remains of an early medieval castle and iron-working settlement near Novza metro in Tashkent, now a single mound about six metres high.

Archaeology6th–13th centuries

About the place

A mud-brick castle stood here in the 6th–8th centuries and was burned during the Arab conquest. In the 10th–12th centuries an iron-working village grew up on and around the ruins, trading with nearby settlements around Binkat, the new capital of the Chach region; it was finally destroyed early in the 13th century.

Building work and the metro destroyed most of the site, leaving one six-metre mound whose cut face shows walls of rammed earth and brick. It is on Xalqlar Doʻstligi Avenue near Novza metro station.

Why go

  • Ancient walls visible in a cut through the mound
  • A trace of medieval Chach inside the modern city
  • Next to Novza metro station

Sources (4)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org
  4. 4.openstreetmap.org

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