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 Today next trip is to Chashma Ayub❤🕌. Go🛸🕍 Mausoleum of Chashma-Ayub is the religious building in the heart of Bukhara. It consists of the mausoleum and a holy spring. Today it includes a Museum of Water. The mausoleum was built by the order of Karakhanid rulers in the 12th century. It was rebuilt several times during the 14th-19th centuries. During the Tamerlane’s reign the mausoleum was completed. The building features four rooms, situated on the East-West axis. Each room is topped with a dome. The western room was the first building and was built as a sepulchral tower; the rest rooms were built later. This mausoleum is related with a legend of the Prophet Job. Once Bukhara suffered from desert winds and residents suffered from a drought. People prayed Allah for a miracle. And the God heeded their requests. At that time the Prophet Job had a trip through Bukhara lands. He struck the ground with his staff and healing water sprang up. The spring saved Bukhara people and they ca...

 Well, our today trip is to one of the famous places of Bukhara is Sitori Mokhi Khosa. I have visited there the first time so this trip be was very enjoyable and memorable for me😍😍 Our guides are Dildora, Sevara and Zilola🌚❤ Sitori - i - Mokhi Khosa ( or Sitorai ) is the Summer Palace of the last emirs of Bukhara located just 4 km north from the city center . It is a charming place that shows the luxurious lifestyle that the emirs were enjoying in their time . If you have seen any European historical palaces you will feel there is something similar in this place but at the same time also something very Eastern oriental mixed with it .  It is one of the examples of the economic and cultural upsurge that took place in Uzbekistan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries which coincided with an increased interest in European art . Under this European influence , a new artistic style blending Western and Eastern themes developed here , grov particularly prominent in the field o...

 Our next trip is to Art Gallery of Bukhara. I am keen on Art, so this trip be enjoyable, and interesting😍 And here some pics about this trip🤩🌚 Bukhara State Architectural Art Museum-Preserve was founded in 1922. From 1945 on, Bukhara museum is located in Ark fortress. There are over 100,000 items of cultural, material and intellectual legacy of Uzbek people in the Bukhara museum funds. The exhibits include gold embroidery, copper chased items, ganch carving, samples of architectural decor, coins, household items, graphic works, painting, sculpture, old maps, books and other documents of historical value. In 1985 Bukhara museum has got status of a state culture preserve. Nowadays it has 6 branches with 18 permanent exhibitions located in various memorials of Bukharian architecture. Bukhara museum expositions - Ark citadel hosts the head office of the Bukhara museum and its expositions of history, numismatics, epigraphy, nature and scripts of Bukhara. - Ornamental and applied art...

 Our next trip is to Blacksmith of Bukhara.  The museum-monument of blacksmithing was created in 1992 in the Caravanserai, near the dome of Taqi Telpakfurushon.  At the museum, you can not only learn about the history of blacksmithing, but also take part in the process and make a souvenir.  Swords, knives, daggers and other blacksmithing works are on display at the museum.  There is also a preserved manuscript of the blacksmith's charter - Risolai melody and copper.  Shokir Kamolov, a member of the fifth generation of blacksmiths, was instrumental in creating the Blacksmithing Museum. Bukhara  was a center of development of handicraft production for many centuries. Nowadays the work of revival the crafts is being actively carried out. It’s blacksmithing, dyeing, silk weaving, wood carving and others.  Blacksmithing is one of the oldest handicrafts in Uzbekistan. The territory of the Bukhara oasis for many centuries was one of the largest centres o...

Today, we visited Ark and our guides are Nilufar, Dilnura and Zuhro.   The  Ark of Bukhara  is a massive  fortress  located in the city of  Bukhara ,  Uzbekistan , that was initially built and occupied around the 5th century AD.  In addition to being a military structure, the Ark encompassed what was essentially a town that, during much of the fortress's history, was inhabited by the various royal courts that held sway over the region surrounding Bukhara.  The Ark was used as a fortress until it  fell to Russia in 1920 . Currently, the Ark is a tourist attraction and houses museums covering its history. [1]  The museums and other restored areas include Archaeological museum, Throne room, Reception and Coronation court, local history museum and the Court mosque. Bukhara was long an important economic and cultural center in Central Asia . The ancient Persian city served as a major center of Islamic culture for many centuries and becam...