The tall portal
Blue and white.
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A madrasa built by Allah Kuli Khan of Khiva in 1834-1835 on the east side of Itchan Kala, beside the caravanserai and covered market he also built. It stands on an artificial mound 3 m high, so it looks taller than its neighbours, and with the Khojamberdibiy Madrasa, the market and the Palvan gate it forms a single architectural scene. It has 99 student rooms (some sources say 90), winter and summer mosques and a lecture hall. All its decoration is on the outside: a tall portal in blue and white tile and small corner towers, while the rooms inside are plain. It was one of the leading schools of its day, with students of many peoples, many of them Kazakhs and Turkmens, and a library; the khan endowed it with the income of the neighbouring market and caravanserai. Its façade can be seen for free from the square, and the two-day Itchan Kala ticket covers most of the madrasa museums, per visitor guides. It looks its best lit up at night.
Blue and white.
3 m high.
On the façade.
East side of Itchan Kala, near the Palvan gate, Khiva
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Islam Khoja MinaretKhiva's tallest minaret, about 57 metres including its base, built in 1908-1910 2 minutes walk4.7
Pahlavan Mahmud MausoleumThe tomb of Khiva's patron saint and its most sacred place for locals: Pahlavan 3 minutes walk4.6
Itchan Kala, Khiva's walled cityThe walled inner town of Khiva, a World Heritage Site since 1990. It holds more 3 minutes walk4.8It stands on a 3 m artificial mound; its façade can be seen for free from the square.