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1807

Chor Minor

A tiny gatehouse with four turquoise-capped towers, hidden in the lanes east of Lyab-i-Hauz.

Chor Minor with its four domed towers
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Chor Minor

Chor Minor, alternatively known as the Madrasah of Khalif Niyaz-kul, is a historic gatehouse for a now-destroyed madrasa in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It is located in a lane northeast of the Lyab-i Hauz complex. It is protected as a cultural heritage monument, and also it is a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara. In Persian, the name of the monument means "four minarets", referring to the building's four towers.

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Chor Minor towers against the sky
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