There are four ethnically diverse peoples in Khiva: the Sarts - proper and primitive owners of this land, their neighbors - the Karakalpaks, the Uzbeks - foreign conquerors and the Turkmens, attracted here by various benefits
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Khiva - the ancient city of Uzbekistan - a place of pilgrimage for tourists, historians and archaeologists |
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The construction of the Djuma Mosque is unconventional and unique - there are no domes, galleries, portals - only the roof, held by 213 carved columns |
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Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of Khiva. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses of the 18th or 19th centuries |
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The bright blue décor of the Kalta Minar Minaret is unique for Central Asia. Is the only structure which surface is completely covered with colored glazed tiles |
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Mukhammad Amin Khan Madrassah was the largest medieval ecclesiastical school of Khiva. Now there is the tourist hotel “Khiva” in the building |
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