Kalta Minor, Khiva

Kalta Minor in Khiva, Uzbekistan

Massive, unfinished minaret at Mohammed Amin Khan Madrassah (1852 – 1855). Symbol of Khiva. The tower is glazed with tiles forming intricate patterns. The minaret is 29 m tall, although initially it was planned to be 70 m tall. Construction works were interrupted in 1855 and have not been restarted since then.

Wonders of Uzbekistan

Gur-E-Amir, tomb of Tamerlan in Samarkand

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Asia 🢖 Wonders of Uzbekistan Territory Wonders of Uzbekistan   Highlights Uzbekistan is a comparatively dry, mostly desert covered land very far from any sea… and this is one of the reasons why this country has such an amazing cultural heritage! For millennia Uzbekistan has been crossed by trade routes uniting prehistoric, ancient and medieval cultures […]