Who does not like to travel and discovernew beautiful places? Of course, the sea, the sun and the beach - this is the main holiday of people tired from the drab everyday life, but you must agree that it is no less interesting and fascinating to learn the world and the historical values of different countries. A reader in our tour awaits the city of Bukhara (Uzbekistan). It is proposed to learn about all the attractions of this beautiful corner of our planet.
Legend of Uzbekistan
Bukhara is a city literally shrouded in mystery andlegends. Historians claim that it was founded by the great Siyavush, who, according to legend, was the son of the Iranian king Kay-Kavus and the beautiful Turan woman who fled from the cruel father. It was Siyavush, a brave and valiant warrior, who built the first Bukhara citadel Ark, at the eastern gate of which he was buried after his death at the hands of Afrasiab, the king of Turan. All the grief over the killed warrior, residents of Bukhara splashed out into a song cycle called “Crying Mugs”, and even today, on the first day of the New Year, worshipers of Siyavush slaughter a rooster at the preserved walls of the Bukhara citadel in memory of the city’s founder. By the way, the legendary Great Silk Road, the road connecting East and West, passed through the cities of Uzbekistan, namely through Bukhara.
Faith and Modernity
Today, Bukhara is a city thatIt is not only the center of culture of modern Uzbekistan, but also the regional center of this country. Uzbeks themselves call this city a pillar of Islam. If you believe one of the many legends, all the cities inhabited by Muslims, shrouds the sacred light, shining from the sky, and only over Bukhara he rushes up to heaven.
Indeed, not all cities of Uzbekistan canto boast so many different mosques and tombs of the great Muslims, raised to the rank of saints. However, the sights of Bukhara are not only places for offering prayers to Allah. This city has many places saturated with history and fairy tales. It was here, in Bukhara, that great people like Avicenna and Omar Khayyam created poetry and scientific works.
Inspirational places
Finding yourself in this city, you immediately realize thatOld Bukhara with its legends is closely intertwined with the new, modern Bukhara. Its streets are mysterious and winding, and the walls of modern buildings peacefully coexist with the walls of buildings with a long history. It is a city of contrasts, imbued with the spirit of antiquity and Eastern wisdom.
Sights of Bukhara to inspect in onea day is simply impossible - they are so numerous. To neglect visiting one of them is like being in Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower. To absorb the charm of this city with every cell of the body, you can explore the tours to Bukhara, offered by many tour operators. And, if you examine all the nooks of this pearl of Uzbekistan there is no possibility, we recommend you definitely visit the Samandinov Mausoleum, Ark Citadel, Miri Arab Madrasa, Kalyan Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasa and the Trade Domes. These are the most interesting sights of Bukhara, which invariably make a lasting impression on tourists.
Dynasty heritage
One of the most ancient MuslimThe historical buildings erected in the 10th century are the Mausoleum of the Samandins. Since it was erected from a brick with a scratched pattern, it can rightly be considered a peculiar monument of brick production of those times. The mausoleum was not destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Bukhara and was perfectly preserved until our times, thanks to the fact that it was covered with sand and fragments of destroyed buildings. In addition, the ancient legend says that the great majesty of the Mausoleum made such a great impression on the invaders that they, bowing to the beauty of the building, did not burn it, leaving it intact. The opening of the building belongs to the Soviet archaeologist Vasily Afanasyevich Shishkin, who discovered it in 1934 during the excavations.
Mausoleum Samandinov - this is the last refuge inmembers of the Samandin dynasty - Ismail Samani (the ruler of Bukhara and the last representative of the Persian dynasty) and his son Ahmad ibn Ismail found eternal rest.
Mausoleum Samandinov - is not just a monument to the ancient construction culture, it is a whole story of the resurrection of the city after the endless wars with the Arabs.
Temple of knowledge
Looking around the sights of Bukhara,It is impossible not to visit the Miras Arab Madrasa. This is not just an awe-inspiring place, but also one of the first educational institutions, which in the era of the USSR was the only one of its kind for people professing Islam.
It is claimed that the founder of this academicThe establishments, Sheikh Miri Arab, persuaded the ruler of Bukhara to sell 3,000 captured Iranians in order to build a madrasah with the money. Until the mid-20th century, it was the most prestigious educational institution.
In 1941, before the Great Patriotic War, the Bolsheviks staged a military registration and enlistment office in this building, refugees survived under the domes of the Madrasah during the war.
In our time, despite the huge number of different universities, Madrasa Miri Arab is still considered one of the best, and the competition for applicants is impressive - about 14 people per seat.
The building itself is richly decorated with colored mosaics,which magically turned into ornaments and flowers. The most beautiful place of Miras Arab Madrasa is the tomb in which Sheikh Abdullah Yamani, mudarris Muhammad Kasym and Ubaidull Khan rest.
Prayer place
Kalyan Mosque is the oldest building foroffering prayers in Central Asia, which was built in the 15th century. The area of the building can accommodate up to 12,000 people during religious holidays.
The galleries of the Kalyan Mosque, installed on 208 columns, consist of 288 domes, and the blue domes are a kind of hallmark of Bukhara.
On four sides
Chor-Minor Madrasa is a magnificenta combination of beauty and greatness. The name Chor-Minor in translation means "four minarets", which form the subtle form of the madrasah and are symbols of the South, North, West and East. Historians claim that once a wealthy merchant of silk carpets and thoroughbred horses Niyazkul-bek traveled to India and visited the Taj Mahal. He was so impressed with this building that on his return home he decided to build an equally magnificent building. At the same time, he put forward several prerequisites for architects.
The first is that the building should be erected on the Silk Road so that merchants and travelers cannot pass by.
Secondly, the appearance of the madrasah should symbolize the four directions of the world and show everyone that all peoples of the world are equal just like them.
Place for wonders
Since Bukhara was located on the Silk Road, from time immemorial it was a huge trading platform. It was here that merchants from the most distant countries arrived with goods.
Чтобы упорядочить места для ведения торговых deals, erected impressive Trade Domes. It was under them that a bazaar was arranged, where various goods were sold and bought - from banal food products to overseas wonders.
A few decades ago, a dome was designed for each type of product. Nowadays, this approach has become irrelevant, and only three of them are used for trading.
