Minora
Minora is a tower in Uzbekistan. Minora is situated nearby to Khodja Abdu-Darun Mosque, as well as near Ishratkhana Mausoleum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ishratkhana Mausoleum and Khoja Nisbatdar Mosque.
Ishratkhana Mausoleum
Photo: Nikolay Trebukchin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ishratkhana Mausoleum is an architectural monument-mausoleum in Samarkand, built during the reign of the Timurid ruler Abu Said. The building, apparently, was the burial place of the female members of the Timurid dynasty, as several female graves were discovered during the excavations in 1940. Ishratkhana Mausoleum is situated 180 metres north of Minora.
Khoja Nisbatdar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khoja Nisbatdar Mosque is situated 1½ km west of Minora.
Dusmatbay Madrasah
Historic building
Photo: Akhemen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dusmatbay Madrasah is a historic building, which is situated 2 km northwest of Minora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.
Samarkand
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets.
Minora
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Address: Самарканд
- Categories: tower and tourism
- Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.64154° or 39° 38′ 30″ northLongitude
66.9918° or 66° 59′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8JF8JXRR+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 513466751OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Minora” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Минарет”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khodja Abdu-Darun Mosque and Khodja Abdu-Darun.
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