Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
The Bolo Hauz Mosque, opposite the Ark in Bukhara's Registan district, was built in 1712 and served as the Friday mosque of the emirs, who crossed to it from the citadel. It is part of the Historic Centre of Bukhara World Heritage Site. Its glory is the vast summer iwan, twelve metres high and 42 by 10 metres, which wraps the winter hall on three sides. Its decorated roof rests on twenty tall, slender wooden columns added in 1917, crowned with coloured muqarnas capitals, beneath a wooden ceiling painted in vivid reds, blues and greens. The winter hall has four columns and several doorways, with 18th-century Central Asian interior decoration. In front lies an octagonal pool (hauz), probably as old as the mosque and the source of its name, beside a small free-standing minaret. The columns reflected in the water make one of the classic views of Bukhara.
It is a working mosque: visit outside prayer times, especially on Fridays, dress modestly, and women cover their hair to go in. Entry is free. Allow half an hour, and stand by the pool in the morning to see the columns reflected. It is directly opposite the Ark.
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