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This twin-turreted brick gate is a1970 reconstruction. The original one was wrecked in1920.
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The Islom-Hoja Medressa and Minaret, Khiva's newest Islamic monuments, both built in 1910.
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The Taj Mahal, viewed from the Musamman Burg, a double-storeyed octagonal tower, where Shah Jahan, imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb, spent the last years of his life.