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Vobkent Minaret

A tall late 12th-century brick minaret in the town of Vobkent, north of Bukhara, built in the same tradition as the Kalyan Minaret.

EnsemblesUNESCO World HeritageLate 12th centuryAbout 20 minutes to see

About the place

The minaret was built at the end of the 12th century, a few decades after the Kalyan Minaret in Bukhara, and the two are clearly related: a tapering round shaft wrapped in bands of patterned brick, with a lantern near the top. The mosque it once served has gone, and the tower now stands on its own among the town's streets.

Vobkent is on the road from Bukhara towards Gijduvan and Samarkand, so the minaret makes an easy stop on a drive to the north-east, or on the way to the Gijduvan ceramic workshops.

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