Construction of a $470 million ethnographic tourist center near the historical part of Bukhara has started, despite the hokimiyat’s intention to make a final decision and start work only after receiving UNESCO’s resolution.
The project of the ethnographic tourist center “Boqiy Buxoro” (“Eternal Bukhara”), located on the borders with the historical part and buffer zone of Bukhara, is estimated at $470 million. This follows from the government’s decree on measures to implement the investment program for the first quarter of 2024, Gazeta.uz noted.
The realization of the project is planned for the years 2024−2026, with the foreign investor identified as the Singapore-based company with an incomplete name (Pte. Ltd.). Previously, Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. from Singapore was chosen as the project contractor.
For the first quarter of the current year, investments totaling $14.9 million are expected to be utilized.
The project of the ethnographic tourist center “Boqiy Buxoro” (“Eternal Bukhara”), located on the borders with the historical part and buffer zone of Bukhara, is estimated at $470 million. This follows from the government’s decree on measures to implement the investment program for the first quarter of 2024, Gazeta.uz noted.
The realization of the project is planned for the years 2024−2026, with the foreign investor identified as the Singapore-based company with an incomplete name (Pte. Ltd.). Previously, Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. from Singapore was chosen as the project contractor.
For the first quarter of the current year, investments totaling $14.9 million are expected to be utilized.
About the project and objections of the residents
In early January 2023, residents of Bukhara appealed to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev regarding plans to construct a tourist center in the city center. Enter Engineering, the entity involved in a similar project in Samarkand, was identified as the project’s sponso
In early January 2023, residents of Bukhara appealed to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev regarding plans to construct a tourist center in the city center. Enter Engineering, the entity involved in a similar project in Samarkand, was identified as the project’s sponso
29 state facilities are planned for demolition to accommodate a 32.6 hectares complex. The targeted infrastructure inlcudes buildings of the hokimiyats (regional governors' offices of Bukhara region and Bukhara city, the regional Prosecutor’s Office, Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement, public school No. 2, Bukhara State Medical Institute, College of Culture, stadium Bukhara Arena, registry office and others.
As per the government’s decision, the project’s concept was directed to coordinate with UNESCO, considering that construction and reconstruction activities would take place on the borders of the historical part and buffer zone of Bukhara.
As per the government’s decision, the project’s concept was directed to coordinate with UNESCO, considering that construction and reconstruction activities would take place on the borders of the historical part and buffer zone of Bukhara.
As per the government’s decision, the project’s concept was directed to coordinate with UNESCO, considering that construction and reconstruction activities would take place on the borders of the historical part and buffer zone of Bukhara.
Kun.uz reported that the selected site for the tourist center lies within the buffer zone of Bukhara’s historical center, prompting a disapproval from UNESCO’s office in Uzbekistan.
Kun.uz reported that the selected site for the tourist center lies within the buffer zone of Bukhara’s historical center, prompting a disapproval from UNESCO’s office in Uzbekistan.
The mosque in the image you shared is Pirdavsgar (also spelled Pirdastgir) Mosque, located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It’s a lesser-known but historically significant mosque, and it stands out for its beautiful brickwork, carved wooden doors, and traditional Islamic tile decorations, particularly above the central arch.
This mosque is associated with Sufi traditions, and the name “Pirdavsgar” translates roughly to “Helper Saint” — a title often attributed to revered Sufi figures. The architecture reflects the Bukhara style, which combines elements of Persian and Central Asian Islamic design.
This mosque is associated with Sufi traditions, and the name “Pirdavsgar” translates roughly to “Helper Saint” — a title often attributed to revered Sufi figures. The architecture reflects the Bukhara style, which combines elements of Persian and Central Asian Islamic design.
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Maghoki Attori Mosque (Uzbek: Magʻoki Attori masjidi, Tajik: Масҷиди Мағокии Атторӣ, romanized: Masjidi Maghokii Attori, Persian: مسجد مغاکی عطاری, romanized: Masjed-e Maghākī-ye Attārī) is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It forms a part of the historical religious complex of Lyab-i Hauz. The mosque is located in the historical center of Bukhara, about 300 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan, 100 meters southwest of the Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome and 100 meters east of Lab-i Hauz. It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara.[2] Today, the mosque is used as a carpet museum.
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It is speculated as built in the 9th to 10th century on the remains of a Zoroastrian temple from the pre-Islamic era.[1] Before the Arab conquest there was a bazaar on the site of Maghoki Attori Mosque. It was a market for idols, potions and spices – attor (perfumes) and other goods. Besides this, there was formerly a Temple of the Moon (Mah) close to this place. Before the construction of the first synagogue, Jews in Bukhara had shared a place in the mosque with Muslims. Some say that Bukharian Jews and Muslims worshipped alongside each other in the same place at the same time. Other sources insist that Jews worshipped after Muslims. The mosque is also notable for being one of the oldest surviving mosques in Central Asia and one of the few surviving buildings in Bukhara from the time before the Mongolian invasion. In the 12th century, when Kara-Khanids reigned in Bukhara, the mosque was substantially rebuilt and re-dressed. It also received a new main facade in the south.[3] In the middle of the 15th century, it was restored and a new portal with iwan was built in the eastern ground.[4] At the beginning of the 1930s the mosque was restored again.
It is speculated as built in the 9th to 10th century on the remains of a Zoroastrian temple from the pre-Islamic era.[1] Before the Arab conquest there was a bazaar on the site of Maghoki Attori Mosque. It was a market for idols, potions and spices – attor (perfumes) and other goods. Besides this, there was formerly a Temple of the Moon (Mah) close to this place. Before the construction of the first synagogue, Jews in Bukhara had shared a place in the mosque with Muslims. Some say that Bukharian Jews and Muslims worshipped alongside each other in the same place at the same time. Other sources insist that Jews worshipped after Muslims. The mosque is also notable for being one of the oldest surviving mosques in Central Asia and one of the few surviving buildings in Bukhara from the time before the Mongolian invasion. In the 12th century, when Kara-Khanids reigned in Bukhara, the mosque was substantially rebuilt and re-dressed. It also received a new main facade in the south.[3] In the middle of the 15th century, it was restored and a new portal with iwan was built in the eastern ground.[4] At the beginning of the 1930s the mosque was restored again.
The first mosques were laid in Transoxiana by the Arabs in the process of conquest of some of its regions, moreover, only in the main cities, with the purpose of converting the population to the new faith, they were often laid on the site of pre-Islamic religious buildings. Thus, in Bukhara, the Magoki-Attari mosque arose on the site of a former fire temple.[5] Its history goes back to the distant Sogdian country, when this area was the site of the Makh (Moon) bazaar, there was a temple and images of folk deities were sold.[6]
Gradually the building was covered with a cultural layer and destroyed. In the XV century the arch of the southern portal collapsed. By the first half of the XVI century the mosque so "sunk" into the ground that during the period of great reconstruction of this part of the city by the ruler Abdulaziz-khan (1540-1550) it even wanted to demolish it. But this was prevented by Ahmad Kasani (d. 1542), the leader of the Sufi brotherhood Naqshbandiya, who liked to pray and meditate in the Magoki Attari Mosque. As a result, the mosque was rebuilt according to the old plan, but with new floor structures. The round columns in the interior were replaced by square ones, the double domes of the ceiling rested on them, the niche of the mihrab was lined with marble. In the upper part of the eastern wall the entrance was broken through and a small vestibule connected by a staircase to the hall of the mosque was added. In the niche of the portal in front of the vestibule above the entrance to the mosque placed a mosaic construction inscription with the date of reconstruction, from which a small fragment has survived to our time.