The Poi-Kalyan Ensemble.The Miri-Arab medresseh.the 16th century. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Magoki-Attari mosque.Front view. The 12th century.

Bukhara is at the crossroads of ancient trade routes and was a large commercial center on the Great Silk Road.

Bukhara is really a museum-city: more than 140 architectural monuments are to be found here. The earliest of these was constructed in the 9th century. One of the most famous masterpieces of architecture dates from the 9-10th centuries - the mausoleum of the Samanides. The ancient masters succeeded in achieving an articstic effect: the walls are like a light and transparent lace. Almost 50-metre tower of Kalyan minaret rises in all its splendour over the city and no tourist will be indifferent to the Ulughbek and Chor-Minor medressehs.

There were many bazaars in ancient Bukhara, one of them - Lyabi-hauz bazaar (the 16-17th cc.) has been preserved up to this day.

Bukhara's "old city" is the only place in Central Asia where the colour of the East still lives.

Visit the "pearl of the East". Touch the mysterious soul of Bukhara!

The Samarkand gate. The 15th century.

The Sitorai-mohi-hosa palace gate.End of the 19th century.