Historic Sights of Tashkent

Mosques In Bukhara

3.1 Bolo-Hauz mosque
In the past Registan Square was occupied by numerous beautiful buildings. Today there is only monument of medieval Bukhara - the Bolo-Hauz Ensemble. It is a classic sample of Central Asian mosque: the winter building of 1712, summer aivan of the early 20^th century with ornamented ceiling and wooden columns, small minaret constructed in 1917 by usto Shirin and small basin. The brightest feature of mosque is decor of aivan which columns are made from two trunks each and have stalactite capitals.
3.2 Balyand mosque
Balyand ("High") Mosque is a small mosque in the rich Bukhara quarter. Its age is more than 500 years. G-shaped column aivan surrounds rectangular winter part of mosque. It served a summer mosque. Mihrab and wall panels are faced with mosaics, and walls have poiychromic painting with gilding. Vegetative ornament and inscriptions in Sulth dominate. Wooden columns with stalactite capitals on marble bases and ceiling of avian were done in the 19^th century. The ceiling of mosque is unique: it is made from planks, decorated with geometrical ornament and small wooden cupolas.
4.5 Sitorai-Mohi-Hosa Palace (late 19^th c. - early 20^th cc.)
Sitorai-Mohi-Hosa Palace was a country residence of Bukhara amirs. It had been under construction for two decades at the end of the 19^th - early 20^th centuries. Construction works at the old palace started at amir Abdullahad-khan (died in 1910). He sent Bukhara masters to Petersburg and Yalta to study Russian architecture. Using Russian experience, local architects with usto Khodja Hafiz at the head built a rich building that had combined local Bukhara and European traditions. Its throne hall for royal receptions made a core of the palace. The palace complex of Sitorai-Mohi-Hosa was finished at amir Alim-khan. It included a grand entrance arch, courtyard with galleries, main building of European style before the basin and house for amir's harem in the garden. Carving on stucco with mirror background in "White Hall" that was done by Bukhara masters headed by usto Shirin Muradov and paintings in the reception room done under usto Hasan-Djan's direction are recognized true masterpieces. After revolution of 1920, Sitorai-Mohi-Hosa was used for sessions of supreme state body of Bukhara National Republic (1920-1924) - all-Bukhara Kurultai.