| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Karvon Bazaar
|
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Shoppers in the Karvon Bazaar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Karvon Bazaar
|
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Woman.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Karvon Bazaar
|
 |
Woman.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Karvon Bazaar
|
 |
Samsa at a chaikhana.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Karvon Bazaar
|
 |
Tajik woman.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Char Minar
|
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The Char Minar (1807) was a gatehouse, later converted to a madressa.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Char Minar
|
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All four minarets are different.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
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The Bolo-Hauz Mosque was built in 1718.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
Detail from the carved and painted wooden ceiling of the Khan's personal mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is fronted by a series of columns.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
The top of the wooden column.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
Domed bazaar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The 12th century Chashma Ayub Mausoleum.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Ismail Samani
|
 |
The Mausoleum of Ismail Samani dates from 905 and is the oldest Islamic monument in Bukhara.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Ismail Samani
|
 |
Fine terracotta brickwork.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Ismail Samani
|
 |
Detail of the brick work.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Ismail Samani
|
 |
People by the tomb.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Mausoleum of Ismail Samani
|
 |
The brick celing.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The Lyabi-Hauz Synagogue.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
School room at the Lyabi-Hauz Synagogue.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Sitorai Mosi Hosa, the summer palace of the last Khan of Bukhara.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
The main palace building has European influences.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
One of the palace rooms.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Inlaid and carved cabinet.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Indian style room.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
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Stained glass windows.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
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Painted wall in Indian style.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
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Embroidered spread.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Detail of a European ceramic vase.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
The harem.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
The entrance to the harem.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
One of the rooms in the harem.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Suzani (emboidered silk on cotton) from the 19th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
18th century Persian carpet based on a poem.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
A suzani from the 19th century. Suzani are carpets made from emboidered silk on cotton.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
A collection of ceramics.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
19th century statue of Ermak Haykali from Russia.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
19th century suzani.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
20th century suzani.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
20th century suzani.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Sitorai Mosi Hosa
|
 |
Wooden pavillion.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The Gaukushan Complex.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
The entrance to the Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine on the outskirts of Bukhara.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
The path to the tomb complex.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
One of three mosques at the tomb and shrine of Sufi saint, Naqshband Bakhautdin (died 1389).
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
The marble tomb.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Decorated columns and ceiling.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Detail of a carved wooden column and painted eve.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Detail of the wooden ceiling.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Mosque with fat minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Mosque with ribbed dome.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Decorated gateway.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
Chor Bakr is dominated by a mosque and a Sufi hall with a minaret between them.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The Juma Mosque dates from the 16th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The khanaka, a Sufi contemplation hall.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
View of the khanaka.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The Juma Mosque minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
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Two gateways.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The Chor Bakr Necropolis near Bukhara dates from the 16th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
Tombs at the necropolis.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
Graves.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
Decorated brick tomb.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolhozny Bazaar
|
 |
The modern Kolhozny Bazaar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolkhozny Bazaar
|
 |
Buying peppers.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolhozny Bazaar
|
 |
Bread shop.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolhozny Bazaar
|
 |
Vegetables at the modern Kolhozny Bazaar.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolhozny Bazaar
|
 |
Buying garlic.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Kolhozny Bazaar
|
 |
Sleeping cloth seller.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
|
 |
The minibus station.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
|
 |
The old walled city of Khiva was independent until occupied by Russia in 1920.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
|
 |
The city walls of old Khiva.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
|
 |
The city walls.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Islom-Hoja Minaret
|
 |
The Islom-Hoja Minaret and the dome of the Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Islom-Hoja Minaret
|
 |
The 57m high Islom-Hoja Minaret is the tallest in the country. It is also one of the prettiest. It was completed in 1910.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
|
 |
Tandoors (brick or clay overns). Once built these are never dismantled.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The Ark is the palace complex for the former rulers of Khiva.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The entrance gate.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Blue and white tiles at the entrance of the Ark.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Carved wooden door at the entrance of the Ark.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The palace dates from the 12th century and was enlarged in the 17th.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The 19th century Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Intense blue tiling at the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Detail of the tiles in the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Painted celing of the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Uzbek man.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Residential buildings in the complex.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The throne room.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
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Carved column outside the Khan's throne room.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Tiles from the throne room.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Wooden carved screen in the throne room.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The silver throne set on Turkomen carpets.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Detail from the silver throne.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Turkman carpet.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Khiva style ceramic.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Dancers filming a movie in the centre of Khiva.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Tandoor.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
View of the old city from the Oq Shihbobo Bastion.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Kalta Minaret
|
 |
The Kalta Minaret is the symbol of the city.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Kalta Minaret
|
 |
The walls of the Ark next to the Kalta Minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Kalta Minaret
|
 |
The East Gate and the Kalta Minaret, a symbol of Khiva.
|
2008 |
were added from 1 February 2025.