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Khorezm · Fortresses

  • Itchan Kala walls and gatesFortresses

    KhivaUNESCO 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.

  • Kunya-ArkFortresses

    KhivaUNESCO World Heritage

    Kunya-Ark

    The khans' citadel inside Itchan Kala, with a tiled summer mosque, a reception hall, a former mint and a watchtower over the old town.

  • Ota Darvoza (West Gate)Fortresses

    Khiva, Itchan KalaUNESCO World Heritage

    Ota Darvoza (West Gate)

    The west gate of Khiva's Itchan Kala, built in 1828–1829 under Allakuli Khan and the main way into the walled town, between the Kunya Ark and the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa.

  • Tosh Darvoza (South Gate of Itchan Kala)Fortresses

    KhivaUNESCO World Heritage

    Tosh Darvoza (South Gate of Itchan Kala)

    The southern gate of Khiva's walled inner town, begun in the 18th century and rebuilt with towers in the 1830s–1840s under Allakuli Khan.

  • Bogcha Darvoza (North Gate)Fortresses

    Khiva, Itchan KalaUNESCO 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.

  • Dishan KalaFortresses

    Khiva

    Dishan Kala

    The outer town of Khiva, once enclosed by a long earthen wall built in the 1840s; stretches of it survive among houses and gardens.

  • Fortresses

    Khazarasp

    Khazarasp Fortress

    The walled core of Khazarasp in Khorezm, with layers from the early 1st millennium BC and on the UNESCO tentative list since 2008.