Ichan Qala, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's historical town Ichan-Kala is surrounded by the powerful strong walls. Nowadays you can see wonderful buildings of the 14th century on its territory. Among them, there are adorable Medreces, Mosques, minarets, mausoleum, baths, caravanserais, marvellous palaces and saved parts of the fortress buildings. Its official status the town received some time ago, in 1968. Today its whole territory is under the state protection.

A lot of marvellous legends are connected with this historical town. According to one, for conducting the building was used the clay from the same deposits where the prophet Mohammed took clay for Medina building. At those places, where the clay was taken for several hundred years, has appeared the lake. Today it is the sacrum place. Old supportive walls even today impress by their power. The height variates from 8 to 10 and width from 5 to 6 meters long. The whole length of the wall is about 6 250 meters long.

The city’s Gate adores people with its proficient architecture. The great palaces and buildings of the 19th century are also valuable for the history. Majolica is another outstanding peculiarity of the old town. It is a special technique of making decorative panels. A lot of old houses are decorated in this technique. The area of the town is not large, only 1 square kilometres. That’s why the best way to see it is to walk on foot. Next - Avila