- Itchan Kala
Infobox World Heritage Site
Name = Itchan Kala
imagecaption= City walls of khiva
State_Party = flag|Uzbekistan
Type = Cultural
Criteria = iii, iv, v
ID = 543
Link =
Region = Asia-Pacific
Coordinates =
Year = 2001
Session = 25
Extension =
Danger =Itchan Kala is the walled inner
town of the city ofKhiva ,Uzbekistan . Since1990 , it has been protected as theWorld Heritage Site .The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Djuma 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.The most spectacular features of Itchan Kala are its crenellated brick walls and four gates at each side of the rectangular fortress. Although the foundations are believed to have been laid in the tenth century, present-day 10-meters-high walls were erected mostly in the late seventeenth century and later repaired.
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External links
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/543 Itchan Kala - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]
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