Bolo Haouz Mosque
mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Key facts
- Built
- 1712
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Overview
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Bolo Haouz Mosque is a historic mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, built in 1712 opposite the Ark fortress in the Registan quarter. It lies within the Historic Centre of Bukhara, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List, and is recognised as an object of tangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan. The front of its iwan is marked by slender columns of painted wood, decorated with coloured muqarnas.
History
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The mosque was built in 1712. It served as a Friday prayer mosque, a function that continued into the 1920s, when the Emir of Bukhara was under Bolshevik Russian rule.
In 1917 slender columns of painted wood were added to the front of the iwan to support the vaulted ceiling of the summer prayer hall. The columns were adorned with coloured muqarnas.
From Wikipedia
Bolo Haouz Mosque is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Built in 1712, on the opposite side of the citadel of Ark in Registan district, it is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with other parts of the historic city. It served as a Friday mosque during the time when the emir of Bukhara was being subjugated under the Bolshevik Russian rule in the 1920s. Thin columns made of painted wood were added to the frontal part of the iwan (entrance) in 1917, additionally supporting the bulged roof of summer prayer room. The columns are decorated with colored muqarnas.
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Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo-Hovuz-Moschee
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Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Bolo_Haouz
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