Khiva is a beautiful oasis city with ancient minarets and unique clay buildings. Most of the city is like an
open-air museum with a centuries-old heritage.
The city of Khiva has a very rich and interesting history of its development. For all the millennia of its
existence, it has experienced wars, conquests, and heydays. Previously, it was the capital of ancient
Khorezm, which was repeatedly conquered.
Many objects of the Old City are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List of Mankind, and Khiva can
rightfully
be called a museum city. The tourist will find here numerous monuments of Muslim architecture, as well as
archaeological sites that date back to the border of eras and even earlier periods. The inner, Old City of
Khiva is a unique place with an overwhelming density of attractions per square meter and having a huge not
only historical but also aesthetic value.
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Attractions
- The main fortress is Ichan-kala, Kunya-Ark fortress, Dishan-kala fortress
- Ancient mosques and madrassas, minarets, mausoleums
- Palaces and residences of Khiva rulers
- Ancient caravanserais and baths
- The State Puppet Theater and the Avesta Museum
