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- Bolo-khauz www
Opposite the Ark is situated the Bolo-khauz complex of the 18th century which is the only monument of the Registan that survived intact. The colorfully painted gallery with the colonnade coupled with ...
Rating: 661
- Madrasah of Barakhan www
The Madrasah of Barakhan was formed in 15th-16th centuries out of edifices, which occurred at different times. The initial body was a mausoleum east of the actual complex. The second element was two-c...
Rating: 604
- Ensemble of Registan www
The Registan was the heart of the ancient Samarkand. The name means "Sandy place". The ensemble of three madrasahs is a unique example of town-planning art a remarkable pattern of the architectural de...
Rating: 562
- Dzhuma Mosque (the Main Friday Mosque) www
The first building of Dzhuma Mosque (the Main Friday Mosque) was built in 1451 at the expense of Sheikh Uboydullo Khodja Ahror (1404-1490). On the picture: the Main Friday Mosque and Kukeldash Madrasa...
Rating: 541
- Kukelash Madrasah www
The Madrassah Kukeldash is one of most significant architectural sights of 16th century. The main entrance, 19.7 m. high, which is arranged as imposing portal, leads to the courtyard that is bordered ...
Rating: 528
- Sheikh Zaynudin Mausoleum www
The Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin Bobo is located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Sheikh Zaynudin Bobo was a writer and popularizer of Sufi order, known as Suhrawardiyya. An accurate date of his birth is ...
Rating: 510
- Magoki Attoron Mosque www
Before the construction of the first synagogue Jews had shared a place in a mosque with Muslims. This mosque was called the "Magak-i attari" (also Magoki Attoron) (see picture 5), i.e. the "Mosque in ...
Rating: 496
- Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur) www
Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur) was born at the end of 13th century. He came from the family of Saints (Khodja), who were the offspring of Muhammad prophet. His birth-place was a mountain settle...
Rating: 491
- Khalfo Bobo Mausoleum www
The mausoleum of Khalfo Bobo, 1884. The Mausoleum is a one-domed portal burial vault. It has burial places (sagana) of Khalfo Bobo and his son. Proportions: 5.5 x 6.5 m., room: 3 x 3 m....
Rating: 490
- Kaffol Shoshiy Mausoleum www
The mausoleum was built in honor of imam Abubakr ibn Ali ibn Ismail Al Kaffol al Shoshiy. The first burial vault was not kept safe. Actual mausoleum was built in 1542 by Gulyam Husain, who was Khan's ...
Rating: 475
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