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Po-i-Kalyan ensemble
The square at the centre of old Bukhara: the Kalyan Minaret of 1127, the large Kalyan Mosque and the working Mir-i-Arab madrasa facing it.
Places to see
Monuments, bazaars and landscapes across the country, with what each one is and how to visit it.
12 places
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Lyabi-Hauz
A stone-lined pool from the early 17th century, shaded by old mulberry trees and framed by two madrasas and a khanaka; the social heart of the old town.
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Nadir Divan-Begi Madrasa
The madrasa on the east side of Lyabi-Hauz, known for the mosaic on its portal: two large birds and a sun with a human face.
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Kukeldash Madrasa
A large 16th-century madrasa on the north side of Lyabi-Hauz, built for Kulbaba Kukeldash, a senior official of the Shaybanid court.
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Bolo Hauz Mosque
The emir's Friday mosque opposite the Ark, best known for its tall porch of slender carved wooden columns reflected in a small pool.
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Chor Minor
A small gatehouse with four turquoise-domed towers, hidden in the lanes east of Lyabi-Hauz; all that remains of an early 19th-century madrasa.
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Ulugbek Madrasa
Built in 1417 by Ulugbek, Timur's grandson; the oldest surviving madrasa in Bukhara, facing the later Abdulaziz Khan madrasa across a narrow square.
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Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa
A mid-17th-century madrasa opposite Ulugbek's, with rich, colourful tilework that includes plant motifs, vases and birds.
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Magoki-Attari Mosque
A mosque sunk several metres below today's street level, with a carved 12th-century facade; it now holds a small carpet museum.
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Khoja Gaukushon Ensemble
A 16th-century madrasa, mosque and minaret on a quiet square south of the trading domes, named after the cattle market that once stood here.
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Bahouddin Naqshband Complex
The burial place of Bahouddin Naqshband, founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, east of Bukhara; one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Uzbekistan.
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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.