Khiva / Xiva I

Left: Walls of the Ichon Qala, Khiva's Old Inner City.

Below Left: Detail of tilework and carved wooden post in the summer mosque of the Kukhna Ark near the west gate of the Ichon Qala. Built in 1838.

Below Right: Kalta Minor, or Short Minaret, early in the morning. It was constructed but unfinished in 1852.

Second page of Khiva photos.

Right: Juma Mosque (1788).

Below Right: Detail of carved door in Khiva's Old City.

Below Left: Children performing in front of the Ark.

Second page of Khiva photos.

Second page of Khiva photos.

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