The tiled portal
Blue and turquoise.
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The oldest surviving madrasa in Central Asia, built by Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg in 1417, the earliest of his three madrasas and a model for many that followed in the region. In his time madrasas were closer to universities, teaching astronomy, mathematics and philosophy alongside religious sciences. It faces the 17th-century Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa, the pair forming what Central Asian architecture calls a «kosh», or double ensemble. Its portal is framed by a tall band of blue and turquoise tiles with geometric patterns and inscriptions, and two storeys of student cells surround the courtyard. The madrasa was renovated under Abdullah Khan II in 1586, when its façade was dressed in patterned tile, and it had 80 student cells in 1841. Today it houses a museum on the history of restoring Bukhara's monuments and is part of the historic centre, a World Heritage Site since 1993. Tickets are about 20,000 som, per visitor guides. It stands near the Toqi Zargaron dome and the Po-i-Kalyan complex.
Blue and turquoise.
With Abdulaziz Khan.
On two floors.
Facing the Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa, old Bukhara
Bukhara Trading DomesDomed covered markets at the crossroads of old Bukhara's streets, known locally 1 minute walk4.7
Abdulaziz Khan MadrasaA madrasa built by Abdulaziz Khan (1614-1683) in 1652-1654, facing the Ulugbek M1 minute walk4.5
Po-i-Kalyan and the Kalyan MinaretBukhara's best-known religious complex, whose name means «at the foot of the gre3 minutes walk4.9
Magoki Attari MosqueOne of the oldest surviving mosques in Central Asia and one of the few buildings5 minutes walk4.1
Lyabi-Hauz squareThe square around one of Bukhara's few surviving pools, whose name means «by the6 minutes walk4.5Ulugh Beg's madrasa in Bukhara, built in 1417 and facing the Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa; tickets are about 20,000 som, per visitor guides.