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Lutheran Church (Kirche), Tashkent
A brick Lutheran church of the 1890s on Sadyk Azimov street, designed by Alexei Benois; services are held in German and Russian.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Tashkent
Tashkent's Catholic cathedral, begun in 1912 to a Polish architect's design, used as a warehouse in Soviet years and consecrated again in 2000.
EnsemblesBegun 1912, consecrated 2000About 25 minutes to see
About the place
Work on the church began in 1912 at the initiative of Father Justin Pranaitis, to a design by the Polish architect Ludwik Panczakiewicz. Catholic soldiers stationed in Tashkent did the first building, followed by prisoners of war that included skilled engineers, sculptors and masons. After the revolution the money ran out and the church was left unfinished.
From 1925 to 1976 it served as workshops, a hostel and a store, and its sculptures were lost. It was restored in the 1990s, returned to the parish in 1992 and consecrated in October 2000. Sunday Mass is said in several languages, and the church, with its stained glass and small roof towers, stands on Makhtumkuli street, opposite the Ecopark.
Why go
- Stained glass and Gothic-style window grilles
- A working Catholic cathedral
- Built partly by prisoners of war
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Republic Children's Library
A neoclassical mansion of the 1880s near Amir Timur Square, once Tashkent's city council, that has housed the national children's library since 1965.