khiva sunset

City

Khiva

Territory type
City
Elevation
100 m

Territory notes

The field account

Another city on the Silk Road is ancient Khorezm, or Khiva as it is now called. Khiva can be considered an open-air museum - it is not for nothing that it is included in the UNESCO list, because every building here is a monument of antiquity. In the old part of the city of Ichan-Kala, founded around the 5th century AD, about 60 historical monuments have been preserved, including the citadel, palaces, mosques, minarets and mausoleums. In addition to the old city-fortress, there is another old part Dishan-Kala, where residential buildings and shopping arcades were located.

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Where it sits

The map marks an orientation point for this territory; it does not describe its boundary.

Geographic index

Within this territory

13 destinations in the catalogue

  1. Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum

    Sacred Place · 102 m

  2. Palace of Allah Kouli-Khan

    Historical Site · 100 m

  3. Islam Khoja Complex

    Sacred Place · 100 m

  4. Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum

    Sacred Place · 100 m

  5. Tosh-Hovli Palace

    Historical Site · 110 m

  6. Kunya-Ark Citadel

    Sacred Place

  7. Said Alauddin Mausoleum

    Sacred Place · 100 m

  8. Kalta Minor Minaret

    Sacred Place · 100 m

  9. Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah

    Sacred Place

  10. Ichan-Kala

    Historical Site · 96 m

  11. Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah

    Sacred Place · 100 m

  12. Al-Khwarizmi Monument

    Historical Site · 100 m

  13. Tash Hauli

    Historical Site · 100 m

Visual field notes

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