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Monuments in Khiva
Monuments in Khiva
Monuments in Khiva
Ichan-Kala
Ichan-Qala (literally "internal fortress") forms the internal city of Khiva. The borders of Khiva coincided with that in the 16th-17th centuries. The clay wall over 2,200 m in length and 7-8 m in height surrounded Ichan-Qala. The wall was fortified with semicircular towers. The embattled gallery went along the top of wall. Defensive walls of Ichan-Qala reliably protected Khiva down to invasion of Nadir-shah in the middle of 18th century. Iranian troops took Khiva and fortification system was partly destroyed. Khiva had expanded at the Qungrad dynasty. By the 20th century its area had been fifteen times as much as Ichan-Qala.
Ichan-Qala, the historical center of Khiva, was inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage List. There are more than sixty architectural monuments: palaces, mosques, madrassahs, minarets and mausoleums. The fortress of Kunya-Ark was constructed in the 17th century in Ichan-Qala for khan's administration. Each of Ichan-Qala's four walls has the gates (darvaza). The western gates - Ata-darvaza are located beside Kunya-Ark, the northern - Bahcha-darvaza are on the road to Urgench, the eastern - Palvan-darvaza lead to Hazarasp and the Amu-Darya River and the southern - Tash-darvaza to the Qarakum Desert. Ata-darvaza were destroyed in 1920 and restored in the 1970s.
Ak-Mosque Bagbanly Mosque Bathhouse of Anush-khan Complex of Pakhlavan Makhmud Complex of Sha-Qalandar-bobo Djuma Mosque and Minaret Islam-Khodja Madrassah and Minaret Kalta-Minor Minaret Kunya-Ark. Kurinysh-khona. Ak-Sheikh-bobo. Mosque of Allakuli-khan Madrassah of Amir-Tura Madrassah of Arab khan and Muhammad-Amin-inak Madrassah of Khurdjum and Allakuli-khan Madrassah of Kutlug-Murad-inak and Abdulla-khan Madrassah of Matniyaz-Divan-beghi Madrassah of Muhammad Amin-khan Madrassah of Muhammad Rakhim khan Madrassah of Shirgazi-khan Monument of Al-Khorezmiy Palvan-Darvaza Gate Tash-hauli (palace of Allakuli-khan) Tim and Caravan-Serai of Allakuli-khan Palace of Nurullah-bai Minaret, madrassah and mosque of Seyid-biy Minaret of Palvan-Kari
Ichan-Qala (literally "internal fortress") forms the internal city of Khiva. The borders of Khiva coincided with that in the 16th-17th centuries. The clay wall over 2,200 m in length and 7-8 m in height surrounded Ichan-Qala. The wall was fortified with semicircular towers. The embattled gallery went along the top of wall. Defensive walls of Ichan-Qala reliably protected Khiva down to invasion of Nadir-shah in the middle of 18th century. Iranian troops took Khiva and fortification system was partly destroyed. Khiva had expanded at the Qungrad dynasty. By the 20th century its area had been fifteen times as much as Ichan-Qala.
Ichan-Qala, the historical center of Khiva, was inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage List. There are more than sixty architectural monuments: palaces, mosques, madrassahs, minarets and mausoleums. The fortress of Kunya-Ark was constructed in the 17th century in Ichan-Qala for khan's administration. Each of Ichan-Qala's four walls has the gates (darvaza). The western gates - Ata-darvaza are located beside Kunya-Ark, the northern - Bahcha-darvaza are on the road to Urgench, the eastern - Palvan-darvaza lead to Hazarasp and the Amu-Darya River and the southern - Tash-darvaza to the Qarakum Desert. Ata-darvaza were destroyed in 1920 and restored in the 1970s.
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