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Khiva - the City Museum
Khorezm has a very long history; only a few civilizations could be compared with it. Hundred years before the Great Silk Road appeared, ancient Khorezm had had links with Europe and the East, with Siberia and southern civilizations. It is the cradle of three civilizations formed in Uzbekistan.

Fairy-tale like, Khiva has managed to retain its exotic image as an Oriental town. In the center of Khiva is Ichon-Qala, the old city where all the monuments of architecture are located. Among them are the Kunya-Ark Citadel and the Tosh-Khovli Palace, residence of the Khan, which has been preserved intact along with its ornate gates. Ichon-Qala displays the simplicity and splendor of medieval architectural forms with delicate woodcarvings and intricate ornamentation. The silhouettes of its towering minarets, hemmed in by flat roofed houses and the fortress's powerful clay walls, give a clear idea of a typical Central Asian city.

The stately tomb of Pakhlavan Makhmud is visited by thousands of people each year. Pakhlavan Makhmud (1247-1325) was a furrier, athlete, poet and sage. In the 19th century, Khiva Khans made him a patron saint of the Kungrad Dynasty. Pakhlavan Makhmud's tomb was rebuilt in the 19th century and then requisitioned in 1913 by the Khan of that time as the family mausoleum.

Walking around Khiva, one gets the sense of living thousands of years ago. It has a deep religious significance to Muslims from all over the world and is the pride of Uzbekistan, the Khorezm region in particular. Khiva is truly one of the rarest pearls of this world.