roxykon: The mud walls of Khiva are 2.5 km long.
roxykon: The South Gate(Tosh Darvosa or Stone Gate).
roxykon: Having a rest outside West Gate(Ota-Darvosa or Father Gate).
roxykon: This twin-turreted brick gate is a1970 reconstruction. The original one was wrecked in1920.
roxykon: The fat,turquoise-tiled Kalta Minor Minaret
roxykon: Uzbek woman with child on her laps.
roxykon: Kuhna Ark-The Throne Room.
roxykon: Niches in the Throne Room where precious objects used to be kept.
roxykon: View of the Juma Minaret from the Oq Shihbobo bastion.
roxykon: The unfinished Kalta Minor Minaret next to Mohammed Amin Khan Medressa.
roxykon: A group of musicians and singers outside Kuhna Ark.
roxykon: The folk music they are playing is known as 'sozanda'.
roxykon: Selling scarves and wooden bags(aiyk kap).
roxykon: The Islom-Hoja Medressa and Minaret, Khiva's newest Islamic monuments, both built in 1910.
roxykon: The Juma Minaret with its 81 steps and 47 m. height.
roxykon: Detail of the ceiling of one of more than 150 rooms of Tosh-Hovli Palace('Stone House').
roxykon: The Tosh-Hovli Palace contains Khiva's most sumptuous decoration.