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| Khiva
- a museum in the open - is the only city in all of Central Asia
that has survived in its entirety from old times. Various historic
epochs have left their traces in Khiva, built over many centuries
in the ancient cultural oasis of Khorazm. |
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Khiva is an entire city, constructed within magnificent fortification
walls, with four entrance gates. Its unique architectural complexes
that include palaces, houses, public buildings and mausolea, interspersed
with original architecture such as the minarets of Islam-Khodja,
Kaita-Minar and Tura-Murad-Tura, are a bright illustration of the
Muslim tradition, according to which buildings raised at different
times constitute and ensemble. |
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number of madrassahs from the 18th and l9th centuries reflect not
only the skills of architects and builders but also the fact that
Khiva was an educational center. |
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is still a craft center of Khorazm, where one can find traditional
fur hats, witness beautiful woodcarvings being made at local workshops
and buy bright traditional Uzbek silks. A crowded food market is
located, where a slave market used to be, just a few decades ago
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