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Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
A colossal unfinished Timurid mausoleum in Turkistan, its 18m brick dome the largest in Central Asia and its rear facade left raw where the scaffolding stopped in 1405.
1 km · about 5 min drive
Kazakhstan · Asia
Turkestan is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Chernak, 49km from Otrar.
Turkestan is a town located in Kazakhstan. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Asia.
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The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Яссауи кесенесі, romanized: Qoja Ahmet İassaui kesenesı) is a mausoleum in the city of Turkestan, in southern Kazakhstan. The structure was commissioned in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the expansive Timurid Empire, to replace a smallerRead more
12th-century mausoleum of the famous Turkic poet and Sufi mystic, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (1093–1166). However, construction was halted with the death of Timur in 1405.
Despite its incomplete state, the mausoleum has survived as one of the best-preserved of all Timurid constructions. Its creation marked the beginning of the Timurid architectural style. The experimental spatial arrangements, innovative architectural solutions for vault and dome constructions, and ornamentations using glazed tiles made the structure the prototype for this distinctive art, which spread across the empire and beyond.
The religious structure continues to draw pilgrims from across Central Asia and has come to epitomize the Kazakh national identity. It has been protected as a national monument, while UNESCO recognized it as the country's first site of patrimony, declaring it a World Heritage Site in 2003.
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Turkestan is located in Kazakhstan, Asia. The coordinates are 43.2946 latitude, 68.2569 longitude.
Turkestan has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Kazakhstan.
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A colossal unfinished Timurid mausoleum in Turkistan, its 18m brick dome the largest in Central Asia and its rear facade left raw where the scaffolding stopped in 1405.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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The mudbrick ruin-mound of the caravan city whose governor murdered Genghis Khan's envoys in 1218, triggering the Mongol invasion of Central Asia.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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