The clear pool
And its fish.
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A complex around a spring called Chashma in the town of Nurata, at the foot of the Nuratau mountains, and one of the oldest pilgrimage places in the region: pilgrims came from Bukhara and beyond from the 10th century, and the historian Narshakhi mentioned it in his history of Bukhara in 943. The spring flows into a clear pool full of fish that locals regard as blessed, surrounded by religious buildings, including a domed mosque and the Chilsutun, or «forty-column», mosque, with galleries for visitors. From the hill nearby you look down on the town and the domes of the complex. Sources say Alexander the Great founded the town of Nur here in 327 BC; the ruins of his fortress still stand on the hill south of town, and the spring was probably why people settled here in the first place. Entry to the complex is usually free; it is a place of worship, so dress modestly. Nurata is a stop on the way to Lake Aydarkul and the yurt camps of the Kyzylkum Desert.
And its fish.
Chilsutun.
Its views.
Nurata town, Navoiy region
A shrine around a spring and a pool of fish that locals consider blessed, visited since the 10th century, with ruins of a fortress attributed to Alexander the Great nearby.