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| Khiva - a museum in the open - is the only city in all of Central Asia that has survived in its entirety from old times. Various historic epochs have left their traces in Khiva, built over many centuries in the ancient cultural oasis of Khorazm. |
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| Old Khiva is an entire city, constructed within magnificent fortification walls, with four entrance gates. Its unique architectural complexes that include palaces, houses, public buildings and mausolea, interspersed with original architecture such as the minarets of Islam-Khodja, Kaita-Minar and Tura-Murad-Tura, are a bright illustration of the Muslim tradition, according to which buildings raised at different times constitute and ensemble. |
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| A number of madrassahs from the 18th and l9th centuries reflect not only the skills of architects and builders but also the fact that Khiva was an educational center. |
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| It is still a craft center of Khorazm, where one can find traditional fur hats, witness beautiful woodcarvings being made at local workshops and buy bright traditional Uzbek silks. A crowded food market is located, where a slave market used to be, just a few decades ago |
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