Itchan Kala
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Place details
- Locality
- Xiva
- Region
- Xorazm Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 115,000
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Key facts
- Location
- Khiva , Uzbekistan
- Criteria
- Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v)
- Inscription
- 1990 (14th Session )
- Area
- 37.5 ha (93 acres)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Khiva
- Area
- +37.5
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Image
- KhivaWalls.jpg
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- P1435
- World Heritage Site
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Article
Itchan Kala (Uzbek: Ichan-Qаl’а) is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as a World Heritage Site.
The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Juma Mosque, for instance, was established in the tenth century and rebuilt from 1788 to 1789, although its celebrated hypostyle hall still retains 112 columns taken from ancient structures. Notable buildings in Itchan Kala are Konya Ark, Juma Mosque, Ak Mosque, Hasanmurod Qushbegi mosque, madrasahs of Alla-Kulli-Khan, Muhammad Aminkhon, Muhammad Rakhimkhon, Mausoleums of Pahlavon Mahmoud, Sayid Allavuddin, Shergozikhon as well as caravanserais and markets.