Islom Hoja Minaret - the highest in Uzbekistan
The 19th century Summer Mosque - part of The Khuna Ark dating from the 12th century - Khiva's rulers own fortress
Guard duty! - a bored local at The West Gate of (Ichon -Qala) the inner walled city
The ambitious Kalta Minor Minaret built to see hundreds of miles across the desert to Bukhara! If completed it would have been the tallest minaret in the world. Building work stopped when the ruling Mohamed Amin Khan dropped dead in 1855 four years after work started - The Khan would surely have disapproved of hawkers selling the usual tourist junk next to his much revered complex
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