Fortress · Bukhara city
Ark of Bukhara
Seat of Bukhara's rulers for over a thousand years
Modern · Bukhara city
Shukhov Tower (Bukhara Tower)
A hyperboloid steel water tower built in 1927–1929 to a design by the engineer Vladimir Shukhov. Since 2019 it has been the Bukhara Tower, with a viewing platform and cafés.
Photo: NatalieChunina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
History
The tower was put up on the Registan opposite the Ark to supply the city with water. In 1968 the wooden cladding at the top burned and the tank was damaged, after which it fell out of use and was abandoned. In the 1990s a local businessman added a lift and opened a restaurant at the top, which closed when the lift broke down.
Restored with French investment, it reopened on 24 March 2019 as the Bukhara Tower. It now has a glass lift, a paid viewing platform with binoculars at the top, cafés and restaurants, and a tourist information centre with a small museum.
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Photos
Mosque · Bukhara city
Bolo Hauz Mosque
Wooden columns mirrored in a pool
Mosque · Bukhara city
Khoja Zaynuddin Complex
A mosque-khanqah painted in the kundal technique
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Kosh Madrasa (Abdullah Khan and Modari Khan)
Two madrasas — for a khan and his mother — face to face
Museum · Bukhara city
Bukhara Zindan (Prison)
The emir's jail and its notorious pit
Pilgrimage site · Bukhara city
Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
A mysterious building over the Prophet Job's spring
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Po-i-Kalyan Ensemble
Bukhara's great square: minaret, mosque and madrasa
Mosque · Bukhara city
Kalyan Mosque
A Friday mosque for 12,000 worshippers
Minaret · Bukhara city
Kalyan Minaret
The tower Genghis Khan left standing
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa
The madrasa that stayed open under Soviet rule