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Monuments of Uzbekistan

Monuments and historic complexes across Uzbekistan — each with photos, a map and a narrated guide in your language.

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The Kalyan Minaret above the rooftops of Bukhara at sunset
Minaret
Bukhara

Kalyan Minaret

The brick tower, about 46 metres tall, that has watched over Bukhara since 1127 — spared, the story goes, even by Genghis Khan.

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The Bolo-Hauz minaret in full, its bands of brick and blue tile visible
Minaret
Bukhara

Bolo-Hauz Minaret

Built in 1917, two centuries after the mosque — a twentieth-century master answering the medieval Kalyan Minaret.

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Kalta Minor, wide and unfinished, rising behind mud-brick walls and a twin-towered gate
Minaret
Khorezm

Kalta Minor Minaret

A 29-metre stump sheathed in turquoise tiles: the minaret a khan of Khiva began in 1852 and never finished.

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