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      WALLS & GATES           
 Ata-Darvaza
 Bagcha-Darvaza
 Gandimyan-Darvaza
 Khazarasp-Darvaza
 Kosh-Darvaza
 Palvan-Darvaza
 Tash-Darvaza
 The walls of Dishan-Kala
 The walls of Ichan-Kala
               
MOSQUES             
 Ak
 Atadzhan-tura
 Bagbanli
 Dzhuma
 Hasan Murad Kushbegi
 Sayid Niyaz Shalikarbai
 Shaikh Mukhtar Ata
 Yar Muhammad Devan
           
MADRASAHS           
 Abdulla Khan
 Abdurasulbay
 Allah Kuli
 Amir Tura
 Arab Muhammad Khan
 Atajanbay
 Bikanjan Bika
 Dost Alyam
 Hajash Marama
 Hojashberdibiya
 Ibrahim Khodja
 Islam Khodja
 Kazy Kalyan
 Khorezmshakh
 Mamat Maram
 Matniyaz Devan-begi
 Matpanabay
 Matrasulboy Mirzaboshi
 Mazari Sharif
 Muhamad Amin Inaq
 Muhammad Amin Khan
 Muhammad Rakhimkhan2
 Musa Tura
 Palvan Kari
 Qutlugh Murad Inaq
 Sayid Muhammad Khan
 Shergazi Khan
 Tolib Makhsum
 Tort Shavvaz
 Yaqubbai Khodja
 Yusuf Yassaulbashi
              
MINARETS              
 Abdal Bobo
 Bikajan-Bika
 Chilli Avliya
 Islam Khodja
 Dzhuma
 Kaltar
 Kaptarkhon
 Muhammad Maram
 Palvan Kari
 Sayyid Niyaz Shalikarbay
 Shakhimardon
 Shikhmavlon
 Tort Shavvaz
 Tura Murad-Tura
           
MAUSOLEUMS         
 Abdal Bobo
 Bibi Hojar
 Pakhlavan Mahmud
 Payando
 Sayyid Alovaddin
 Sayyid Muham.Makhiruy
 Shaikh Mavlon Bobo
 Shakalandar Bobo
 Shakhimardan
 Tugon Turak
 Uch Avliya Bobo
 Yunusakhan
 CARAVANSERAI & TIMS 
 Allah Kuli Khan
 Allah Kuli Khan Tim
 Palvan Kari Trade House
   
PALACES and HOUSES  
 Arka Tozabog
 Baghishamal
 Chadra Khauli
 Islam Khodja residence
 Khudavbergan Devanov
 Kibla Tozabog
 Kunya Ark
 Matvafo Karvanboshi
 Nurullaboy
 Tash Khauli
             
H O T E L S              
  Arkonchi
  Sobir Arkonchi
  Malika Khorezm
  Malika-Heivak
  Malika
  Orient Star Khiva
  Shahrezada
  Islambek

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Walls & Gates

As centuries ago, approx. 10-meter-high clay wall surrounds the inner city of Ichan Kala. The inner city wall made of adobe (sun-baked) bricks (40x40x10 cm). Foundation of Ichan Kala rampart is thought to date from fifth century.

Ichan Kala wall is 8-10 meters high, 6-8 meters wide and 2250 meters long. The ancient city inside the Ichan Kala is densely packed into a space of less than a square kilometer.


The wall opens at four gates: North (Bagcha-Darvaza), South (Tash-Darvaza), East (Palvan-Darvaza), and West (Ata-Darvaza).

Khiva once had an outer rampart, Dishan Kala. Parts of it still remain, and its Stone Gate (Kosh-Darvaza) is still standing in the modern part of town, about 500 meters north of the Ichan Kala's North Gate (Bagcha-Darvaza). Allah Kuli Khan erected walls in 1842 for protection against attacks of Yomud Turkmen. More than 200,000 people took part in the wall's construction. This rampart had 10 gates. Besides Kosh-Darvaza two more gates, Khazarasp-Darvaza and Gandimyan – darvaza, are intact.

Clay for walls' construction was mined from the place two kilometers north of the city. The place is named Ghovuk Kul. There is a large lake near there. For a long time local clay is of very high quality, they say, prophet Muhammad built the town of Medina, using clay from that place. Therefore the lake, which appeared later, is considered sacred.

Khiva - Ichan-Kala.


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