Itchan Kala

Itchan Kala
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	View of Itchan Kala
Location	Khiva, Uzbekistan
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v)
Reference	543
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Area	37.5 ha (93 acres)
Coordinates	41°22′42″N 60°21′50″E / 41.37833°N 60.36389°E
	Location of Itchan Kala in Uzbekistan Itchan Kala (West and Central Asia)

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.^[1]

^ Itchan Kala, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

[1] Itchan Kala, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

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