Bukhara's rich handicraft heritage - life
Fascinating gold embroidery, colourful pottery and handmade carpets. In the old caravan city of Bukhara merchants still sell their goods today under the ancient trading domes. In this edition of “Uzbekistan Life” we'll discover the gems of the centuries old handicrafts.”
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Bukhara is the destination of this edition of Uzbek Life. Euronews' intrepid adventurer Galina Polonskaya took a camel ride around some of the ancient city's sites to get a flavour of its charms. e.
Bukhara is more than 2,500 years old. In the Silk Road days long caravans came here from all over the known world, the legends of the magic oasis hidden between two deserts spread from India to China, and nowadays Bukhara can still win the heart of the most seasoned traveller. Galina said, gripping tightly to the reins.
Bukhara is a city of wonders, and its merchants are enchanting. They welcome guests in exactly the same place that their forefathers did -- under the ancient trading domes and in the surrounding streets. They have inherited the gift of a an outstanding capacity for foreign languages.
You can still sense Bukhara's atmosphere and its colours, when this ancient city was a big trading centre on the Silk Road, said tour guide Mubashira Bahshilova. Even today under those domes they still sell what was brought here hundreds of years ago, as well as the typical locally handmade goods.
The Kalyan minaret is one of Bukhara's most iconic symbols. For a long time it was the highest in Central Asia. It was also a lighthouse and at night torches would burn, lighting the way for caravans approaching the town.
Bukhara's historic centre is on UNESCO's World Heritage List. One highlight is the mausoleum of the Samanid dynasty, built in the 10th century. It changes colour with the weather. Experts say the secret is in the special brickwork.
Mubashira Bahshilova explains: The architect who created this mausoleum had 18 ways of laying the bricks. If you take a close look you'll see each surface has 10 windows. Every window has its own decoration. So the windows on each front are different.
The great polymath Avicenne was born in a village close to Bukhara, when it was still the capital of the Samanids. The author of The Canon of Medicine often came to the Emir's residence, the Ark fortress, which has been destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly throughout history.
Galina Polonskaya says: When Avicenne was 17 years old he healed an emir who was thought to be dying. The doctor didn't want to be rewarded with gold. Instead, he asked for permanent access to the fortress's library and its treasures.
According to legend Avicenne created some of the best local recipes, and that is another enticing aspect of local hospitality. In the Silk Road times more than 60 caravan hotels existed Bukhara, each catering for different languages.
Bukhara resident Doston Rajabov says visitors can expect the warmest of welcomes: A guest is like our father, like it was in ancient times and will always be. We receive guests as we would our own father.
Guests who come to Bukhara from all over the world can feel the rhythms of the past. Centuries ago foreign dancers would come here with the caravans to perform. The costumes haven't changed much. Some dresses are a work of art, dating back to the 2nd century BC.
Bakshillo Djumaev is from a dynasty of master embroiderers. His threads consist of silk and real gold. It can take up to six months to make the traditional gown. The creativity comes from the past, present and the future of Bukhara.
Before I was inspired by my children, now I'm inspired by my grandchildren. And the city inspires me a lot, Djumaev says.
This is the mausoleum of the famous sufi Naqshband, who was an artisan himself and said the hand should be filled with work, and the heart with God. Today Bukhara artisans repeat this phrase and consider Naqshbandi as their patron.
Ustoshokir Kamalov is a 7th generation blacksmith. He knows all the secrets of forging the reputedly everlasting Bukhara knifes - a knowledge he got from his father and passed on to his son. Ustoshokir hopes the heart of his ancient smithy will beat forever: There is music in the work of a blacksmith. It's the music of a heartbeat. Tuk tuk, tuk tuk.
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Great Minaret of the Kalon
Poi Kalyan Mosque
Mir-i Arab Madrasah
Ismail Samanid Mausoleum
Moschea Bolo-khauz
Chor-Minor
Lyab-i-Hauz
Trading Domes
Palace of Moon-like Stars (Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa)
Arc Citadel
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Uzbekistan Bukhara (Bakhautdin Naqshband Mausoleum) Part 12
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Nakhshbandi
Northeast of Bukhara in the village of Kasri Orifon is one of Sufism's more important shrines (working hours 8am-7pm), the birthplace and the tomb of Khazreti Mohammed Bakhauddin (Baha-al-din, Uzbek: Bahovuddin) Nakhshbandi (1318-1389), the founder of the most influential of many ancient Sufi orders in Central Asia, and Bukhara's unofficial 'patron saint'.
Bakhauddin (The Decoration of Religion) was born a few kilometres from the present complex in the town of Kasri Orifon into a family of metalworkers, from where he took the name Nakhshbandi (Engraver of Metals). He came under the early influence of Abdul Khaliq Gijduvani and as a married man spent 12 years in the employ of Tamerlane's nephew Khalil Sultan after which, according to the Encyclopedia of Islam, he devoted himself to the care of animals for seven years and road-mending for another seven. This last vocation is not quite as bizarre as it may sound, for Nakhshbandi espoused a life of hard work, self-reliance and modesty, encouraging all his pupils to learn a trade as he himself had done. His 11 principles of conduct were based on a retreat from authority, spiritual purity and a rejection of ostentation or ceremony, principles that were stretched to their limit by the Nakhshbandi brotherhood's early rejection of communism in the 1920s and subsequent tacit support for the basmachi revolt.
Entering the complex through the main, east entrance, you'll walk towards a 16th century khanaka covered by a huge dome, now a Juma (Friday) mosque. In front of it is a precariously leaning minaret. Two more mosques surround Bakhautdin's tomb in the courtyard to the left. The lovingly restored aivan here is one of the country's most beautiful.
Raw Silk: Uzbekistan Travels Part X: Bukhara contd.
In and around Bukhara -- Ulugh Beg and Abdul Aziz Khan Madrassas; trading domes; Lyabi Hauz and statue of Hodja Nasruddin; melon market; Chor Bakr mausoleum; Sitora-i Mohi Khosa (summer palace of the last Emirs); Bahauddin Naqshbandi shrine; Chor Minor; lunch at chaikhana overlooking Lyabi Hauz; workshops and souqs.
Bukhara's rich handicraft heritage
Fascinating gold embroidery, colourful pottery and handmade carpets. In the old caravan city of Bukhara merchants still sell their goods today under the ancient trading domes. In this edition of “Uzbekistan Life” we'll discover the gems of the centuries old handicrafts.”
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Kalon Minaret in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan:Bukhara (Silkroad) (1) Part 3
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Buhara (Bukhara,Boxoro) which is situated on the Silk Route, is more than 2,000 years old. It is the most complete example of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained largely intact. Monuments of particular interest include the famous tomb of Ismail Samani, a masterpiece of 10th-century Muslim architecture, and a large number of 17th-century madrasas.
Bukhara, which is situated on the Silk Route, is some 25 centuries old. It is the most complete example of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained largely intact. Monuments of particular interest include the famous tomb of Ismail Samani, a masterpiece of 10th-century Muslim architecture, and a large number of 17th-century madrasas. The historic part of the city, which is in effect an open-air museum, combines the city's long history in a single ensemble.
Archaeological excavations have revealed that the settlement on the site of latter-day Bukhara became part of the Kushan state as early as the 2nd millennium BC. In the 4th century it was incorporated into the Ephtalite state. Before the Arab conquest Bukhara was one of the largest cities of central Asia, owing its prosperity to its site on a rich oasis and at the crossroads of ancient trade routes. It became a major cultural centre of the Caliphate of Baghdad in 709, and in 892 the capital of the independent Samanid Kingdom. A time of great economic growth came to an end with the sack of the city in 1220 by the Mongol horde of Genghis Khan. It slowly recovered, to become part of the Timurid Empire. The internal strife of the late 15th century led to the occupation of Bukhara by nomadic Uzbek tribesmen led by Khan Sheibani, becoming the capital of the Bukhara Khanate. A long period of unrest and short-lived dynasties ended in 1920, when it was absorbed into the Soviet Union; nevertheless, this period saw Bukhara consolidating its role as a major commercial and cultural centre.
The townscape of latter-day Bukhara represents every stage of the city's history. The earliest monuments include the 10th century Ismail Samani Tomb, the decorated brick minaret of Poi-Kalyan from the 11th century, along with the Magoki Mosque and the Chasma Ayub Shrine. The Timurid period is represented only by the Ulugbek Medresseh. The most celebrated buildings date from the Shebibanid period - the Poi-Kalyan group, the Lyabi-Khauz ensemble, the Kosh Medresseh, and the Gaukushon Medresseh. A little later came the medressehs at important crossroads, such as Taki Sarafon (Dome of the Moneyshangers, Taki-Tilpak-Furushan (Dome of the Headguard Sellers), Tim-Bazzazan, and Tim-Abdullah-Khan. Among the fine buildings erected in the anarchic early 17th century must be included the great new mosque Magoki Kurns (1637) and the imposing Abdullah-Khan Medresseh. It should be stressed, however, that the real importance of Bukhara lies not in its individual buildings but rather in its overall level of urban planning and architecture, which began with the Sheibanid dynasty.
Historical Description
Archaeological excavations have revealed that the settlement on the site of latter-day Bukhara became part of the Kushan state as early as the 2nd millennium BC. In the 4th century BC it was incorporated into the Ephtalite state. Before the Arab conquest, Bukhara was one of the largest cities of central Asia, owing its prosperity to its site on a rich oasis and at the crossroads of ancient trade-routes. The ancient Persian city covered an area of nearly 40 hectares, with the ark (citadel), the residence of its rulers, in the north-west quarter (where it survives as a huge rectangular earthen mound).
It became a major cultural centre of the Caliphate of Baghdad in 709. In 892 Emir Ismail ibn Amad (892-907) created an independent state and chose Bukhara as the capital of the powerful Sarnanid kingdom. There followed a period of great economic and cultural growth, when the city grew enormously in size, especially under the rule of the Karakhanids from the 11th century onwards. In 1220 the city was sacked by the Mongol horde of Chinghiz Khan (1220) and was not to recover until the second half of the 13th century. In 1370 it became part of the great Timurid Empire, whose capital was at Samarkand. Bukhara was still the second city of Maverannahr, and building was renewed.
Sights of Interest in Bukhara
The Ark
Registan Square
Djami Mosque
The Samanids Mausoleum
The Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
The Kosh-Madrassah
The Poi-Kalyan Ensemble
Kalyan Mosque
Kalyan Minaret
Miri-Arab Madrassah
Ulugbek Madrassah
Abdullaziz-Khan Madrassah
Chor-Minor
The Sitorai-Mokhi-khosa Palace
The Lyabi-khauz Ensemble
The Magoki -Attari Mosque
Jeyran Ecocenter
Bukhara Railway Station
Uzbekistan, Main Attractions: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva. May 2016
Uzbekistan is a bright country of the East with a rich historical past. It is just impossible to count all the mosques, madrasas, mausoleums and minarets of the country. It is also impossible to convey their beauty. You just have to see it.
Many roads of the Great Silk Road passed through Uzbekistan. On this road of wealth and different cultures grew Uzbek cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva are dotted with magical architecture, they will captivate everyone who sees them at least once in their life.
Uzbekistan is an ideal country for a budget tourist. It does not stint at the sights at all and will give inexpressible impressions to everyone who wants to see its beauty or try original Uzbek cuisine.
In this video you can see the following places:
0:17 - 3:11 Samarkand
Gur Emir Mausoleum, Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis, Registan, Ulugbek Madrasah, Tillya Kori Madrasah, Sher Dor Madrasah, Bibi Khanym Mosque
3:12 - 5:17 Fortresses near Urgench
Kyzyl-kala Fortress, Toprak-kala Fortress, Ayaz-kala Fortress
5:18 - 7:38 Khiva, Itchan Kala
Mohammed Amin Madrasah, Kalta Minor Minaret, Kunya-ark Citadel, Stone Palace (Tash Khauli), Friday Mosque, Islam Khodja Minaret, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum
7:39 - 11:23 Bukhara
Chor-Minor, Modari-khan Madrasah, Monument to Hodja Nasreddin, Nodir Devon Begi Madrasah, Lyab-i-Hauz, Nodir Devon Begi Xonaqosi, Trading Domes, Maghak-i 'Attari Mosque, Ulugh-Beg Madrasah, Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah, Ark of Bukhara, Bolo Hauz Mosque, Samanid Mausoleum, Poi-Kalyan Complex, Minaret of the Kalon, Palace of Moon-like Stars (Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa), Chor-Bakr Necropolis
11:24 - 11:58 Chashma Complex, Fortress of Alexander the Great
11:59 - 13:20 Sarmish-say Petroglyphs
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5 Bukhara Tourist Attrations - BUKHARA Travel
BUKHARA Travel Guide, Top 5 Tourist Attractions in Samarkand must visit. The destination is Bukhara Uzbekistan, this is info about Bukhara tourist attractions, a tourist destination in Bukhara with Bukhara tourism and best places to visit in Bukhara. In this video, there is a Bukhara travel and absolutely Bukhara travel guide. You must visit Bukhara, because of Bukhara best places and awesome. Things to do in Bukhara and What to do in Bukhara.
5. Bazaar
There is four remaining covered bazaar, also known as the dome of the trade of Bukhara. The intersection of the main streets of Bukhara there is buildings with the famous domed structure-Taq (Dome) and Tim (covered market). Currently, this bazaar remained an important place in Bukhara, you can find many souvenir shops with unlimited options. Each covered bazaar with lots of domes and has a unique name. Jawad-Zargaron (cupola jewelry), Jawad-Sarrafon (cupola money changers) and Jawad-Telpakfurushon (vending headwear Dome) and the team of Abdullah.
4. The Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah
Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah, which is dealing with Ulughbek Madrassah in Bukhara was built in 1652. Secondly, this madrasa formed a single architectural ensemble called Kosh Madrasa. Since 1988 this madrasah in enables as wood carving art museum which exhibits a collection of wood carved art of Bukharian best. On. Various works on wood carving were done in the decoration of mosques, madrasahs, gates, doors, and tombstones.
3. Zindan, Emir Prison
There are only two prisons in Bukhara. One located inside the fortress Ark, where political criminals imprisoned. The second is the Zindan, were in the city, behind the Castle, next to the former Shakhristan Gate. Brick construction is high it looks like a small fortress and today it is a museum. The word ' Zindan ', in Persian means ' underground, darkness '. Zindan comprises some of the debtor's prison, cell isolation, and depth of 6.5 meters.
2. The Ark Fortress
Fortress Ark is a great land fortress in the northwestern part of contemporary Bukhara. Fortress Ark is a large fortress located in the city of Bukhara. It was built and occupied by around the 5th century, as a military structure, the Ark also serves as the town at the time, also inhabited by the ruler of the Kingdom over the region around Bukhara. For an overview of Bull, there is a ceremonial entrance into the Castle architecturally framed by two towers of the 18th century. The top of the towers is connected by a gallery, the room, and terrace. In the center of the Ark is located a large building complex, one of the most preserved Mosque is Uldukhtaron.
1. Ismail Samani Mausoleum
Mausoleum of Ismail Samani is located in a recreational Park in the Samanids of Bukhara. Ismail Samani mausoleum is the tomb of Ismail estimated which was built between the years 892 – 907. The mausoleum is a cubic building made of brick, covered with a delicate Terra-cotta dome of the half balls. Construction and artistic details of a wall, still very impressive, and display traditional features dating from the pre-Islamic culture. Around the Tomb, there is a green space with a few attractions. There is also a large lake near the Tomb.
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Chor Minor (Bukhara, Uzbekistán)
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Bukhara and the art of trade - life
The Silk Road was a crossroads of philosophies, traditions, and religions, but above all commerce. Between the 16th and 20th centuries ==Bukhara in Uzbekistan==
was among the richest caravan cities along its route with up to 50 bazaars and 75 caravanserais, or covered market places.
Bukhara developed around trade and its remaining four domed bazaars give us a glimpse of how commerce influenced urban development at the time of the Silk Road. We can think of it as a huge medieval hypermarket, d…
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Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Chorsu Bazaar is the traditional bazaar located in the center of the old town of Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Under its blue-colored domed building and the adjacent areas, all daily necessities are sold.
Bazaar is the heart of every oriental city, the center of public life, breadwinner of the whole city. Since the dawn of time bazaars appeared on the intersections of trade roads, on big squares of cities. They played role of main places of the city, where merchants, traders and common people gathered to discuss important news, to know prices, to have a rest in cozy choykhana (Uzbek café) eating pilaf and drinking green tea. Also bazaars were the places of main entertaining events of the city – theatrical performances.
Tashkent Bazaar Chorsu, the age of which is more than hundred years, also was always located on the main square of the city Eski-Juva. Old bazaar constructions destroyed and went bad, but the traditional architecture remained unchanged – domed large premises. This was the only way to protect oneself from heat and dust in terms of hot and dry Asian climate.
The tendency of construction of such bazaars with a complex of covered premises began in XI century and went on up to XIII century. In our century this bazaar inherited land and premises of previous centuries. The modern trade complex is built with a glance of architectural features and traditions of urban development of previous epochs. Today it is the unique complex of trade halls crowned with interrelated blue domes. The central part of bazaar is the main magnificent domed construction, patterned with oriental ornament, with diameter of nearly 300-350 meters. It is the winter three-storey building of bazaar with elevator system. The lowest storey is basement passages with numerous back rooms. Middle and upper floors are the system of shops.
On counters of this oriental Bazaar you will find fresh fruits, amber-colored dried fruits, toasted bread (lepeshka), fresh-killed meat, kazy (horse meat sausage), and what not… And all these things are so attractive that one can’t stand to pass by them. Next to bazaar there are choykhonas, where you can taste amber yellow pilaf, fragrant shashlyk (grilled meat), hot shurpa (soup). Refreshing yourself you can go to handicraft shops, where masters of applied art sell hand-made souvenirs.
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Uzbekistan/Khiva Old City Part 3
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Though Khiva is about 2500 years old, it acquired its present appearance in the 18th – early 20th centuries. Khiva consists of two urban parts: the inner town Ichan-Kala and the outer town Dishan-Kala. From the very beginning the core of the city –Ichan-Kala, rectangular in plan, was enclosed in fortification walls.
For centuries these walls served ideally the purpose of the town’s defense. But in 1220 they were destroyed by Mongol invaders and in later period gentle slopes of the collapsed walls were used for burying the dead. In 1790 the wall was rebuilt by order of Khiva’s khan Muhammad-Amin-Inak. It was 1200 meters long, 7-8 meters high and about 6 meters thick at the base. Since Khiva stood at an important intersection of the Great Silk Road, there were built four monumental gates directing north, south, east and west. Ark-Darvoza gate located next to Kunya-Ark Citadel let in the caravans from the west. Kosh-Darvoza (‘Double Gate’) with two entrance arches faced south. Tash-Darvoza (‘Stone Gate) was built in the northern part of the city.
The most remarkable is the eastern gate Palvan-Darvoza (‘Hero Warrior’s Gate’), through which ran the road to the Amu Darya River and to the ancient trade town Khazarasp. The survived marble slab above the arch of the gate shows the date the construction was completed: 1221 anno hegirae (1806). Adjoining the gate is the gallery with six domes – a shopping arcade. Soon after the gate had been built, near it there appeared Allakuli-Khan Madrassah, caravanserai and a tim domed trading center. This was also the place where executions used to be carried out. Next to the gate, behind the Ichan-Kala walls, there was the Asian largest slave market. In 1842 a new fortification wall around larger area was built. Supervised by Mahammad Yakub Mekhtar, the construction was completed within 30 days. The wall was 6 kilometers long; it had 10 gates and a lot of turrets. Three out-of-town gardens – Rafanik, Nurullabay and Nurullabek – became part of the town. The larger ring of the town was then called Dishan-Kala (‘Outer Fortress’). Today only separate parts of this unique fortification structure remain. Yet these strong pahsa adobe walls narrowing to the top, are rather impressive. Every 30-50 meters along the length of the wall there are semicircular watching turrets; they seem to support the wall with their abutments. Looking at Khiva’s walls it is hard to believe that outside this well-preserved medieval town is the 21st century.
Bukhara: Globalwot in Uzbekistan - Part 3
Bukhara, Uzbekistan oozes history as one of the great stops along the Silk Road. There are over 140 monuments from the Middle Ages and the city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Go and visit a master potter at Gijduvan. Stay a few days and enjoy the architecture, the bustle of the trading domes, a traditional hammam (Turkish bath) and of course, great food and bread wherever you go! Read the blog post with full details at globalwot.net
The Heart Of The Ancient Silkroad (Uzbekistan) Vacation Travel Video Guide
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Today's Uzbekistan is referred to as the golden heart of the Ancient Silk Road, a legendary trade route that once linked China with Europe and, at the same time, the centres of Islamic civilization. The capital, Tashkent, was growing too and the city was famous in both Orient and Occident for its scholars, poets and artisans and even today its inhabitants are proud of their legacy which is a combination of Oriental, Russian and Soviet times. Samarqand became integrated within the Persian Empire, was later conquered by Alexander The Great and, in the fourteenth century, became the centre of the World Empire of Amir Timur. Newly introduced Timurid Design further enriched the architecture. Further west, the caravans reached the oasis city of Bukhara, ‘God's blessed city’, on the border of the Kyzylkum Desert. In the Middle Ages it was one of the most important religious and economic centres of the Islamic world. On the outskirt of the ancient town of Chor Minor is the madrasah of the Four Minarets. All sorts of conventional crafts have been handed down and are still used today. Bukharan rag dolls continue to be manufactured and offered for sale. Returning to the centre, there is a synagogue. In the middle of the nineteenth century, five hundred Jews lived in Chor Minor and beneath the domes of ancient bazaars, trade still continues today. Khiva is one of the greatest centres of ancient Korezm, ‘Land of the sun’, in the west of today’s Uzbekistan, an oriental city in which its greatest minaret, Kalta-Minar, remains unfinished. Ko´Hna Ark, fortress of the Khan, is situated within the city walls. The condemned had to wait for their execution at its entrance. The ancient Silk Road eventually became a tourist route. But the magic of its oriental beauty has survived and its historic monuments enchant even today with the magic of a Thousand and One Nights and all of the eternal charm of the Orient!
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[Kembara Ilmiah Uzbekistan 2016] Bukhara-Samarkand-Termez-Tashkent
Kembara Ilmiah Uzbekistan (11-18 March 2016) SEJAUH 13,332km bersama jemaah MATIN Kangar Perlis. Antara tempat-tempat menarik yang diziarah ialah maqam Sheikh Bahauddin Naqshbandi di Bukhara, maqam Imam Bukhari, Abu Mansur Al-Maturidiy, Husam Ibn Abbas, Amir Temur di Samarkand. Maqam Imam Termizi di Termiz, Great Minaret of the Kalon, Mir-i Arab Madrasah, Toki-Zargaron Trading Dome, Poi Kalyan Mosque, The Registan Square, Bakhautdin Naqsband Mausoleum, Chasma Ayub Mausoleum, Chimgan Mountain, Chorsu Bazaar,Tashkent, Hakim al Termezi Mausoleum.
Uzbekistan is probably the country with the best preserved relics from the time of the Great Silk Road between Europe and China. Uzbekistan has been famous since ancient times for its special architecture, mysterious minarets and sky-blue mosaic. This land has always been so – smooth as a body, hot as a heart. Having a great tourist potential, Uzbekistan is attracting more foreign tourists due to its unique historical and cultural monuments, picturesque nature, hospitality and generosity of the people!
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Bukhara and the art of trade - Life
The Silk Road was a crossroads of philosophies, traditions, and religions, but above all commerce. Between the 16th and 20th centuries ==Bukhara in Uzbekistan== was among the richest caravan cities along its route with up to 50 bazaars and 75 caravanserais, or covered market places.
Bukhara developed around trade and its remaining four domed bazaars give us a glimpse of how commerce influenced urban development at the time of the Silk Road. We can think of it as a huge medieval hypermarket, d…
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